5258 cloth
Dictionary of Bible Themes

A woven material from which garments or coverings were made. Different kinds of material are associated with different ranks and social positions.

Proverbs 31:22

Cloth for daily wear

See also

Numbers 15:38
Judges 5:30; 14:12
2 Samuel 1:24
1 Chronicles 15:27
Psalms 45:14
Ezekiel 16:10,13
Matthew 9:16
John 19:23
Acts 9:39
1 Samuel 21:9

Cloth for general coverings

See also

2 Samuel 17:19
Proverbs 7:16
Exodus 28:6

Cloth for special uses

See also

For religious garments

Exodus 28:8,31,39,42; 35:19; 39:1,5,22,41
Exodus 26:1

See also

For the tabernacle

Exodus 26:4; 36:8
2 Chronicles 3:14
Numbers 4:5-13

To cover religious objects

Genesis 37:34

See also

Sackcloth as a sign of mourning

2 Samuel 3:31
1 Kings 21:27
2 Kings 19:1
Nehemiah 9:1
Psalms 35:13
Isaiah 3:24
Jeremiah 4:8
Joel 1:13
Matthew 27:59

For burials

See also

pp Mk 15:46

John 11:44; 20:7

pp Lk 23:53

Ezekiel 16:4

See also

To wrap babies in

Luke 2:7,12
Leviticus 13:47-49; 19:19

Rules relating to cloth

See also

4696 yoke
4808 crimson
5145 clothing
5212 arts and crafts
5241 burial
5302 education
5393 literacy
5552 spies
5578 tents
6744 sanctification
7354 feasts and festivals
7459 tabernacle, in OT
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