5778 adorning
Dictionary of Bible Themes

A form of ornamentation, using especially jewels and precious metals, to enhance the beauty of buildings or people.

2 Chronicles 3:6

Buildings were adorned with various materials

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Psalms 45:8
Isaiah 60:13
Amos 3:15
Hosea 10:1

Objects of worship were adorned

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Jeremiah 10:3-4
Ezekiel 16:11-12

Women adorned themselves with jewellery and fine clothes

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2 Samuel 1:24
Jeremiah 4:30
Ezekiel 16:13
1 Timothy 2:9

Personal adornment should not be allowed to detract from worship

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1 Peter 3:3-4
Isaiah 61:10

Adorning used in a metaphorical sense

See also

Job 40:10
Psalms 93:5; 144:12
Proverbs 1:8-9
Isaiah 60:7
Revelation 21:2

See also

4040 beauty
4345 metalworkers
5145 clothing
5208 armies
5212 arts and crafts
5916 pessimism
8308 modesty
8808 riches
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