Topic
Seam; Seamless
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- John 19:23ISBE
¶ Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
sem, sem'-les: The coat or inner garment (chiton) of Jesus is described in Joh 19:23 as "without seam" (arrhaphos), i.e. woven in one piece.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.