A bandage is a strip of material used to bind a wound or to protect an injured part of the body. While the Bible does not frequently mention bandages explicitly, the concept of binding wounds is present in several passages, reflecting the practices of ancient times and the compassionate care for the injured.

In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus illustrates the use of bandages in the context of mercy and neighborly love. After a man is beaten and left half-dead by robbers, a Samaritan traveler comes upon him. Unlike the priest and the Levite who pass by, the Samaritan stops to help. Luke 10:34 states, "He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him." This passage highlights the Samaritan's compassion and the practical steps he took to care for the injured man, including the application of bandages.

The act of bandaging wounds is also metaphorically significant in Scripture, symbolizing healing and restoration. In Ezekiel 34:16 , God speaks through the prophet Ezekiel, saying, "I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak." Here, the binding up of the broken is a metaphor for God's restorative work among His people, emphasizing His care and concern for their well-being.

In the cultural context of the Bible, bandages would have been made from available materials such as linen or other cloths. The use of oil and wine, as mentioned in the parable, served both as cleansing agents and as soothing balms for the wounds, reflecting the medical practices of the time.

The imagery of bandaging is also present in the prophetic literature, where it is used to describe the healing that God promises to His people. Isaiah 1:6 uses the lack of bandaging as a metaphor for the spiritual and moral decay of Israel: "From the sole of the foot to the top of the head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil." This vivid imagery underscores the need for divine intervention and healing.

In summary, while the Bible does not frequently mention bandages directly, the concept is woven into the narrative of care, healing, and restoration. The use of bandages in biblical times reflects both practical medical care and deeper spiritual truths about God's compassion and the call to love one's neighbor.1. (n.) A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.

2. (n.) Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.

3. (v. t.) To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.

2750. keiria -- a bandage, grave-clothes
... a bandage, grave-clothes. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: keiria
Phonetic Spelling: (ki-ree'-ah) Short Definition: a bandage, grave clothes ...
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3608. othonion -- a piece of fine linen
... a piece of fine linen. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: othonion Phonetic
Spelling: (oth-on'-ee-on) Short Definition: a linen bandage Definition: a ...
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2611. katadeo -- to bind up
... to bind up. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katadeo Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-ad-eh'-o) Short Definition: I bind up Definition: I bind up, bandage. ...
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2848. chittul -- a bandage
... 2847, 2848. chittul. 2849 . a bandage. Transliteration: chittul Phonetic
Spelling: (khit-tool') Short Definition: bandage. Word ...
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666. apher -- a covering, bandage
... 665, 666. apher. 667 . a covering, bandage. Transliteration: apher Phonetic
Spelling: (af-ayr') Short Definition: bandage. Word ...
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4205. mazor -- a wound
... bound up, wound. Or mazor {maw-zore'}; from zuwr in the sense of binding up; a bandage,
ie Remedy; hence, a sore (as needing a compress) -- bound up, wound. ...
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1455. gahah -- to depart, be cured or healed
... 1). cure. A primitive root; to remove (a bandage from a wound, ie Heal it) --
cure. 1454, 1455. gahah. 1456 . Strong's Numbers.
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8585. t'alah -- a watercourse
... From alah; a channel (into which water is raised for irrigation); also a bandage
or plaster (as placed upon a wound) -- conduit, cured, healing, little river ...
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2280. chabash -- to bind, bind on, bind up
... root Definition to bind, bind on, bind up NASB Word Usage bandage (1), bandaged
(1), bind (5), binds (2), bound (3), dams (1), gives relief (1), healer (1 ...
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The Circumcision of Jesus
... She had herself prepared the little cloths to catch the blood and to bandage the
Child and had kept them at her breast in a fold of her mantle. ...
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The Earth Brings Forth, as if by Suppuration...
... Among cures, certain substances supplied by nature have very great efficacy; magic
also puts on some bandage; the art of healing counteracts with lancet and cup ...
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Temptations.
... "Many women say they don't wear the corset tight, and think, therefore, that no
harm results; but, let one of them put a snug-fitting bandage on any other part ...
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The Builders
... They liked to use it for the most delicate work, so certain are they of their accurate
manipulation, and on one occasion when I supplied a bandage to bind a ...
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The Margin of the Nile
... The eye dressed, she covered it with the bandage and the pair separated. It was
with some regret that Kenkenes saw her turn to leave the spot. ...
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How the Wisdom of God Healed Man.
... dry, etc., and in other cases applies likes, as a round cloth to a round wound,
or an oblong cloth to an oblong wound, and does not fit the same bandage to all ...
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Moreover, as the Use of Remedies is the Way to Health...
... dry, etc., and in other cases applies likes, as a round cloth to a round wound,
or an oblong cloth to an oblong wound, and does not fit the same bandage to all ...
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Silence Should not Remain Unbroken, nor Should it Arise from ...
... Bind up also thy meaning; let it not be left slack and unchecked, lest it be said
of thee: "There is no healing balsam, nor oil, nor bandage to apply." [50 ...
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Letter Xlv. To a Lapsed Monk.
... put wearing pressure on your bones; you made your sides hang loose from front to
back, and all hollow with fasting; you would wear no soft bandage, and drawing ...
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Letter Xliv. To a Lapsed Monk.
... tomb. For comfort is hid from my eyes. I have no salve, no oil, no bandage
to put on. My wound is sore, how shall I be healed? 2 ...
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Bandage (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something
to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature. ...Bandage (5 Occurrences). ...
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Roller (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery. ...
"Roller" was formerly a technical term in surgery for a wide bandage. ...
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Clout
... 7. (n.) To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend,
with a clout. ... As verb (Tala') "to bandage," "patch," or mend with a clout. ...
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Swaddle
... 2. (vt) To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; --
used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby. 3. (vt) To beat; to cudgel. ...
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Apply (19 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 30:17 For I will apply a bandage unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy
wounds, saith Jehovah; for they have called thee an outcast: This is Zion that ...
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Bind (68 Occurrences)
... the streams. 3. (vt) To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; --
sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound. 4. (vt) To ...
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Ligament (1 Occurrence)
... unite bones or form joints. 2. (n.) Anything that ties or unites one thing
or part to another; a bandage; a bond. 3. (n.) A band of ...
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Lax (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack;
as, a lax bandage; a lax standard of discipline; lax fiber. ...
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Gird (44 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To encircle or bind with any flexible band. 7. (vt) To make fast,
as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc. ...
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Irritate (2 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is
irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage. ...
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