Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.
2. (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
3. (n.) Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.
4. (n.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
5. (n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
6. (n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
7. (n.) A token or badge of knightly rank.
8. (n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
9. (n.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
10. (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
11. (v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BELTSee ARMOR; DRESS.
Greek
2223. zone -- a belt ... a
belt. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: zone Phonetic Spelling:
(dzo'-nay) Short Definition: a girdle,
belt, purse Definition: a girdle,
belt ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2223.htm - 7k2224. zonnumi -- to gird
... Cognate: 2224 () -- to gird, ie "to pull the belt" to remove slack so a person could
move quickly. ... From zone; to bind about (especially with a belt) -- gird. ...
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328. anazonnumi -- to gird up
... 328 (from 303 , " to down" and 2224 , "gird, take out slack") -- properly, raise
up a tunic (= "tighten the belt"), "girding oneself"; (figuratively) getting ...
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905. ballantion -- a purse
... bag. Word Origin from a prim. root bal- Definition a purse NASB Word Usage
money belt (3), money belts (1). bag, purse. Probably ...
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4024. perizonnumi -- to gird
... gird. From peri and zonnumi; to gird all around, ie (middle voice or passive) to
fasten on one's belt (literally or figuratively) -- gird (about, self). ...
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Strong's Hebrew
2290b. chagorah -- a girdle, loin covering, beltchagorah or chagorah. 2290a, 2290b. chagorah or chagorah. 2291 . a girdle,
loin covering,
belt. Transliteration: chagorah or chagorah Short Definition:
belt ... /hebrew/2290b.htm - 5k 2290a. chagor -- a belt, girdle
... a belt, girdle. Transliteration: chagor or chagor Short Definition: belt. Word Origin
from chagar Definition a belt, girdle NASB Word Usage belt (2), belts (1). ...
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2290. chagowr -- a belt, girdle
... 2289, 2290. chagowr. 2290a . a belt, girdle. Transliteration: chagowr Phonetic
Spelling: (khag-ore') Short Definition: apron. apron, armor, girdle ...
/hebrew/2290.htm - 5k
4206a. mezach -- a girdle
... a girdle. Transliteration: mezach Short Definition: belt. Word Origin of uncertain
derivation Definition a girdle NASB Word Usage belt (1), restraint (1). ...
/hebrew/4206a.htm - 5k
232. ezor -- a waist cloth
... waistband. Word Origin from azar Definition a waist cloth NASB Word Usage
belt (3), belts (1), girdle (2), waistband (8). girdle. ...
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4206b. meziach -- a girdle
... a girdle. Transliteration: meziach Short Definition: belt. Word Origin of uncertain
derivation Definition a girdle NASB Word Usage belt (1). 4206a, 4206b. ...
/hebrew/4206b.htm - 5k
73. abnet -- a girdle
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a girdle NASB Word Usage sash (6),
sashes (3). girdle. Of uncertain derivation; a belt -- girdle. 72, 73. ...
/hebrew/73.htm - 5k
4206. maziyach -- a girdle
... girdle, strength Or mezach {may-zakh'}; from zachach; a belt (as movable) -- girdle,
strength. see HEBREW zachach. 4205, 4206. maziyach. 4206a . ...
/hebrew/4206.htm - 5k
247. azar -- to gird, encompass, equip
... bind compass about, gird up, with. A primitive root; to belt -- bind (compass) about,
gird (up, with). 246, 247. azar. 248 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/247.htm - 6k
8151. shanas -- to gird up
... root Definition to gird up NASB Word Usage girded (1). gird up. A primitive root;
to compress (with a belt) -- gird up. 8150, 8151. shanas. 8152 . ...
/hebrew/8151.htm - 5k
Library
'The Girdle of Truth'
... The girdle, which is the first specified, is not properly a weapon at all, but it
comes first because the belt keeps all the other parts of the armour in place ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/the girdle of truth.htm
Voyage to China
... I had felt it a duty to comply with the earnest wish of my beloved and honoured
mother, and for her sake to procure a swimming-belt. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a retrospect/chapter viii voyage to china.htm
Man's Life his Monument.
... across the wild water that lay between him and the shore, the captain muttered,
"I can swim as far as that," and then unfastening the life-belt which he wore ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon xxxviii mans life his.htm
Jesus is Arrested.
... They encircled his waist with a species of belt studded with iron points, and to
this collar were appended two leathern straps, which were crossed over his ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter iii jesus is arrested.htm
One Way to Help Boys
... hall and put upon every boy's head a little military cap that costs in our country
something like twenty cents, and you put around his waist a belt that costs ...
/.../stones rolled away and other addresses to young men/iii one way to help.htm
The Nailing of Jesus to the Cross.
... The executioners soon pulled off our Lord's cloak, the belt to which the ropes were
fastened, and his own belt, when they found it was impossible to drag the ...
/.../chapter xxxviii the nailing of.htm
"Won't You Save Me?"
... In the crowd was a returning California gold-miner. He fastened the belt containing
his gold securely about his waist and was preparing to try to swim ashore. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/wont you save me.htm
Paul's Last Journey to Jerusalem
... Coming up to us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own feet and hands with it, and
said: "This is what the Holy Spirit says, 'In the same way the Jews will bind ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/pauls last journey to jerusalem.htm
As Many as were Called by Grace, and Displayed the First Zeal...
... might those Christians be treated as lapsi who, having conscientiously given up
military service (this is meant by the soldier's belt), afterwards retracted ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xii as many as.htm
The Knight of God
... cease from his tortures, and to leave it to God to teach him a more excellent way."
Thereupon he cast his leathern gloves, and his shirt, and his belt, and all ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bevan/three friends of god/chapter lii the knight of.htm
Thesaurus
Belt (32 Occurrences)... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) That which engirdles a person or thing;
a band or girdle; as, a lady's
belt; a sword
belt. 2. (n
.../b/belt.htm - 17kWaistcloth (9 Occurrences)
... He binds their waist with a belt. ... Jeremiah 13:1 Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy
yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don't put it in water. ...
/w/waistcloth.htm - 9k
Waist (36 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A girdle or belt for the waist. ... Matthew 3:4 Now John himself wore clothing
made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. ...
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Waistband (15 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Jeremiah 13:1 Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy yourself a linen belt,
and put it on your waist, and don't put it in water. (See NAS). ...
/w/waistband.htm - 11k
Phrat (17 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 13:4 Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise,
go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock. ...
/p/phrat.htm - 11k
Syria (73 Occurrences)
... sir'-ia (Suria (Matthew 4:24 Luke 2:2)): 1. Name and Its Origin 2. Other Designations
3. Physical (1) The Maritime Plain (2) First MoUntain Belt (3) Second ...
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Euphra'tes (33 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Jeremiah 13:4 Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist,
and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock. ...
/e/euphra'tes.htm - 16k
Girdle (44 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference; a belt; esp.,
a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a ...
/g/girdle.htm - 24k
Totally (27 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 13:7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the
place where I had hid it; and behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable ...
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Profitable (34 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 13:7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the
place where I had hid it; and behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable ...
/p/profitable.htm - 17k
Resources
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