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GOATS' HAIR

('ez): The word for she-goat is used elliptically to mean goats' hair, which was used in the tabernacle furnishings in the form of curtains (Exodus 26:7; Exodus 36:14). Goats' hair was probably used in the Midianite and Israelite camps in much the same way as in the Bedouin camps today (compare Numbers 31:20). The tents, tent ropes and rugs are made of spun goats' hair. The provision sacks which hold wheat, rice, etc., and the saddlebags are made of the same material. A strip of the cloth rolled up furnishes a bolster for the head while sleeping (compare 1 Samuel 19:13, 16). Goats' hair cloth is admirab1y suited to stand the hard usage of a frequently shifting encampment. The children of Israel appreciated its utility, even for the tabernacle, where to the modern critical eye it would have looked out of place, matched against scarlet and fine linen (Exodus 25:4; Exodus 35:6, 26). The fact that goats' hair was used is good indication of the comparative crudeness of the tabernacle, when contrasted with present-day furnishings.

See also HAIR; WEAVING.

James A. Patch

Greek

4167. poimne -- a flock
... a flock. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: poimne Phonetic Spelling:
(poym'-nay) Short Definition: a flock Definition: a flock (of sheep or goats ...
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2055. eriphion -- a little young goat
... is () in God's sight. Word Origin dim. of eriphos Definition a little young
goat NASB Word Usage goats (1). goat. From eriphos; a ...
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2056. eriphos -- a young goat
... See 2055 (). Word Origin a prim. word Definition a young goat NASB Word
Usage goats (1), young goat (1). young goat, kid. Perhaps ...
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5131. tragos -- a male goat
... Word Origin from trogo Definition a male goat NASB Word Usage goats (4). a male
goat. From the base of trogo; a he-goat (as a gnawer) -- goat. see GREEK trogo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6629. tson -- small cattle, sheep and goats, flock
... 6628, 6629. tson. 6630 . small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Transliteration:
tson Phonetic Spelling: (tsone) Short Definition: flock. ...
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6260. attud -- male goat
... 6259, 6260. attud. 6261 . male goat. Transliteration: attud Phonetic Spelling:
(at-tood') Short Definition: goats. Word Origin from ...
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3277. yael -- mountain goat
... 3276, 3277. yael. 3278 . mountain goat. Transliteration: yael Phonetic
Spelling: (yaw-ale') Short Definition: goats. Word Origin ...
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5795. ez -- female goat
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition female goat NASB Word Usage female goat
(2), female goats (3), goat (44), goat* (2), goats (13), goats' (9), young ...
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8495. tayish -- male goat
... 8494, 8495. tayish. 8496 . male goat. Transliteration: tayish Phonetic
Spelling: (tah'-yeesh) Short Definition: goats. Word Origin ...
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1429. gediyyah -- a kid (a young goat)
... 1428, 1429. gediyyah. 1430 . a kid (a young goat). Transliteration: gediyyah
Phonetic Spelling: (ghed-ee-yaw') Short Definition: goats. Word Origin fem. ...
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1423. gedi -- a kid (a young goat)
... Word Origin from the same as gadah Definition a kid (a young goat) NASB Word Usage
young (2), young goat (6), young goat* (5), young goats (1), young goats* (2 ...
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8163b. sair -- male goat, buck
... Word Origin from the same as sear Definition male goat, buck NASB Word Usage goat
(6), goat* (1), goats (3), male (25), male goat (9), male goats (1). ...
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5796. ez -- female goat
... 5795, 5796. ez. 5797 . female goat. Transliteration: ez Phonetic Spelling:
(aze) Short Definition: goats. Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding ...
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6842. tsaphir -- male goat
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition male goat NASB Word Usage goat
(1), male (2), male goat (1), male goats (1). he goat. ...
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Library

Method of Poisoning Goats.
... Book IV. Chapter XXXI."Method of Poisoning Goats. And if one smear [243]
the ears of goats over with cerate, they say that they ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxxi method of poisoning goats.htm

Turn Away Thine Eyes from Me, Because they have Made Me to Flee ...
... CHAPTER VI. 4. Turn away thine eyes from me, because they have made me to flee
away; thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. ...
/.../guyon/song of songs of solomon/4 turn away thine eyes.htm

The Two Advents were Signified by the Two Goats Other Figures of ...
... Chapter CXI."The two advents were signified by the two goats Other figures of the
first advent, in which the Gentiles are freed by the blood of Christ. ...
/.../chapter cxi the two advents were.htm

Concerning the Festivals; and How Each Day of Such Festival is to ...
... At the new moon, they both perform the daily sacrifices, and slay two bulls, with
seven lambs of the first year, and a kid of the goats also, for the expiation ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 concerning the festivals.htm

The Same is Proved from the visions which Appeared to Jacob.
... grandson of Abraham, speaks thus: And it came to pass, when the sheep conceived,
that I saw them with my eyes in the dream: And, behold, the he-goats and the ...
/.../chapter lviii the same is proved.htm

'The Scapegoat'
... What was divided in the symbol between the twin goats is all done by the one Sacrifice,
who has entered into the holiest of all, at once Priest and Sacrifice ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the scapegoat.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, John. xxi. 16, "Simon, Son of John ...
... Go forth then in the footsteps of the flocks' not in the fellowship of the flock;
and feed thy goats, not as it was said to Peter, My sheep.'" To Peter it was ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xcvi on the words.htm

Fifth Sunday in Lent
... through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to
say, not of this creation, 12 nor yet through the blood of goats and calves ...
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The Manner of Our Offering Sacrifices.
... Suppose a private man offer a burnt-offering, he must slay either a bull, a lamb,
or a kid of the goats, and the two latter of the first year, though of bulls ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 the manner of.htm

Through Her Bosom, we are Told, Nana Conceived a Son by an Apple. ...
... The infant was brought up on he-goats' milk. ... It is wonderful enough that the noisome
stench of goats did not cause him to be avoided and fled from. ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/13 through her bosom we.htm

Thesaurus

Goats'
...GOATS' HAIR. ...Goats' hair was probably used in the Midianite and Israelite camps in
much the same way as in the Bedouin camps today (compare Numbers 31:20). ...
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Goats (134 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Goats (134 Occurrences). ... Matthew 25:33 He will
set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. ...
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She-goats (3 Occurrences)
She-goats. She-goat, She-goats. Shehariah . Multi-Version Concordance
She-goats (3 Occurrences). Genesis 31:10 And at ...
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Rock-goats (1 Occurrence)
Rock-goats. Rocked, Rock-goats. Rock-hewn . Multi-Version Concordance
Rock-goats (1 Occurrence). Job 39:1 Have you knowledge of the rock-goats? ...
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He-goats (38 Occurrences)
He-goats. He-goat, He-goats. Heifer . Multi-Version Concordance
He-goats (38 Occurrences). Genesis 31:10 And it came ...
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Buck (23 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To break up or pulverize, as ores. 6. (n.) The male of deer, especially
fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits. ...
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Yearling (48 Occurrences)
... Yearling (48 Occurrences). Exodus 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a yearling
male; ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats. (DBY). ...
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Kid (42 Occurrences)
... Exodus 23:19, etc.); (2) feminine gedhiyah (Isaiah 11:6, etc.); (3) gedhi `izzim,
English Versions of the Bible "kid," literally, "kid of the goats," the King ...
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Satyr
... For se`irim in Leviticus 17:7 and 2 Chronicles 11:15, the King James Version has
"devils," the Revised Version (British and American) "he-goats," the English ...
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Oxen (176 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 9:12 And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal
salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his ...
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Subtopics

Goats'

Goats' Hair

Related Terms

Goats (134 Occurrences)

She-goats (3 Occurrences)

Rock-goats (1 Occurrence)

He-goats (38 Occurrences)

Buck (23 Occurrences)

Yearling (48 Occurrences)

Kid (42 Occurrences)

Satyr