Topical Bible: Woven

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The concept of weaving and woven materials is prevalent throughout the Bible, reflecting the cultural and economic significance of textiles in ancient times. Weaving is the process of interlacing threads to create fabric, and it was a common practice in biblical times, essential for making garments, tents, and other necessary items.

Biblical References and Significance

1. Tabernacle and Priestly Garments: The construction of the Tabernacle and the making of priestly garments involved intricate weaving. In Exodus 26:1, God commands Moses, "You are to make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them." This highlights the importance of woven materials in sacred spaces and religious practices. The skillful weaving of these materials was a reflection of divine instruction and craftsmanship.

2. Joseph’s Coat: The account of Joseph and his coat of many colors, as described in Genesis 37:3, illustrates the cultural significance of woven garments. "Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because he had been born to him in his old age, and he made him a robe of many colors." This robe, likely a woven garment, symbolized Jacob's favoritism and set the stage for the events that followed in Joseph's life.

3. Proverbs 31 Woman: The virtuous woman described in Proverbs 31 is noted for her weaving skills. Proverbs 31:13 states, "She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands." Her ability to weave and produce clothing for her household is a testament to her industriousness and resourcefulness, qualities highly valued in biblical times.

4. Symbolism of Weaving: Weaving is often used metaphorically in the Bible to describe the complexity and intricacy of God's creation and plans. In Psalm 139:13, the psalmist declares, "For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb." This imagery of being woven together in the womb underscores the intimate and deliberate nature of God's creative work.

5. New Testament References: In the New Testament, woven materials continue to hold significance. For example, in John 19:23, the soldiers who crucified Jesus divided His garments, noting that His tunic was "seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom." This detail emphasizes the quality and uniqueness of Jesus' garment, reflecting His dignity even in suffering.

Cultural and Historical Context

In ancient Israel, weaving was primarily a domestic activity, often performed by women. The materials used included wool, flax, and later, cotton. The process of weaving required skill and patience, and woven goods were valuable commodities. The ability to produce fine woven fabrics was a sign of wealth and status.

The Bible's references to weaving and woven materials not only provide insight into the daily life and economy of ancient societies but also serve as powerful symbols of God's providence, creativity, and the interconnectedness of His creation.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. p.) of Weave.

2. (p. p) of Weave.

Greek

5307. huphantos -- woven
... huphantos. 5308 . woven. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: huphantos
Phonetic Spelling: (hoo-fan-tos') Short Definition: woven Definition: woven. ...
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4711. spuris -- a (large, flexible) basket (for carrying ...
... basket. From speiro (as woven); a hamper or lunch-receptacle -- basket. see GREEK
speiro. (spuridas) -- 3 Occurrences. (spuridi) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4541b. massekah -- woven stuff, web, covering
... 4541a, 4541b. massekah. 4542 . woven stuff, web, covering. Transliteration:
massekah Short Definition: blanket. Word Origin from ...
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3523. kabir -- (something woven) perhaps a quilt or net
... 3522, 3523. kabir. 3524 . (something woven) perhaps a quilt or net.
Transliteration: kabir Phonetic Spelling: (keb-eer) Short Definition: quilt. ...
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8278. serad -- perhaps plaited or braided work
... 8277, 8278. serad. 8279 . perhaps plaited or braided work. Transliteration:
serad Phonetic Spelling: (ser-awd') Short Definition: woven. ...
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2805. chesheb -- ingenious work
... Word Origin from chashab Definition ingenious work NASB Word Usage artistic band
(1), skillfully woven band (5), woven band (2). curious girdle. ...
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707. arag -- to weave
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to weave NASB Word Usage weave (2), weaver
(2), weaver's (4), weavers (1), weaving (1), woven (3). weaver. ...
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5536. sal -- basket
... basket. From calal; properly, a willow twig (as pendulous), ie An osier; but only
as woven into a basket -- basket. see HEBREW calal. 5535, 5536. sal. 5537 > ...
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6213a. asah -- do, make
... 1), truly practice (1), use (1), used (4), wage (2), waged (2), work (12), worked
(7), worker (2), working (3), workmen* (5), works (6), woven (1), writing (1 ...
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Library

Introduction.
... Returning to the comparison with the High Priest's breastplate, the writer sets
forth the beauty of the woven-work and the precious stones of the mystic raiment ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/introduction 4.htm

Personal Notes: Relics Nearby that the Three Kings had Given to ...
... I think that a piece of a cloak like this must be near me, and that is why tonight
and before that I was watching silk being produced and woven in the country ...
/.../the life of the blessed virgin mary/xv personal notes relics nearby.htm

A Coffin in Egypt
... our contemplation of mortality, as affecting our dearest and most needful ones,
and as sure to include ourselves in its far- reaching, close-woven net, ought ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/a coffin in egypt.htm

Concerning the Garments of the Priests, and of the High Priest.
... tied fast to the arms: it is girded to the breast a little above the elbows, by
a girdle often going round, four fingers broad, but so loosely woven, that you ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 concerning the garments.htm

The Traitor Prince.
... It is woven into the very texture of this Book throughout. ... They are like two threads
ever crossing in the warp and woof of a finely woven fabric. ...
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John Chapter xix. 23, 24
... when they had crucified Him, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier
a part; and also His coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate cxviii john chapter xix.htm

The Influence of Tradition.
... They are so woven into the web of thought and opinion, and daily habits
and practices, that none of us can claim to escape them. ...
/.../percival/sermons at rugby/iv the influence of tradition.htm

And as She Stood Looking Towards London, Diamond Saw that She was ...
... Get in, Diamond.". And Diamond parted her hair with his hands, crept between,
and feeling about soon found the woven nest. It was ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 4 and as she.htm

Warp-Threads.
... 50) Warp-Threads. Now as you read the second part over, it gradually sifts
itself into several incidents about which the story is woven. ...
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The Emperor and Empress
... pearls. His robe of purple was woven in gold with dragons, which were his
imperial insignia. His person was a blaze of jewels. Huge ...
/.../chapter xviii the emperor and.htm

Thesaurus

Woven (40 Occurrences)
... 2. (p. p) of Weave. Multi-Version Concordance Woven (40 Occurrences). Matthew
9:16 No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. ...
/w/woven.htm - 19k

Gold-woven (1 Occurrence)
Gold-woven. Gold-workers, Gold-woven. Golgotha . Multi-Version
Concordance Gold-woven (1 Occurrence). Psalms 45:13 All ...
/g/gold-woven.htm - 6k

Waistband (15 Occurrences)
... Exodus 28:8 The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him, shall be
like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet ...
/w/waistband.htm - 11k

Skillfully (12 Occurrences)
... Exodus 28:8 The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him, shall be
like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet ...
/s/skillfully.htm - 10k

Skilfully (13 Occurrences)
... Exodus 28:8 And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it
on, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece; of gold, of blue ...
/s/skilfully.htm - 10k

Weaving (4 Occurrences)
... thrum." We read also of the "warp" and "woof" (Leviticus 13:48, 49, 51-53, 58, 59),
but the Revised Version margin has, instead of "warp," "woven or knitted ...
/w/weaving.htm - 17k

Seam (3 Occurrences)
... SEAM; SEAMLESS. sem, sem'-les: The coat or inner garment (chiton) of Jesus is described
in John 19:23 as "without seam" (arrhaphos), ie woven in one piece. ...
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Ephod (45 Occurrences)
... Exodus 39:2), and made "of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen," held together by two shoulder-pieces and a skillfully woven band which ...
/e/ephod.htm - 27k

Coat (54 Occurrences)
... This tunic was sometimes woven entire without a seam (John 19:23); it was also
sometimes of "many colours" (Genesis 37:3; RV marg., "a long garment with sleeves ...
/c/coat.htm - 25k

Web (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A weaver. 2. (n.) That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp.,
something woven in a loom. 3. (n.) A whole piece of linen cloth as woven. ...
/w/web.htm - 9k

Resources

Why does the Bible speak against wearing clothing made of different types of fabric? | GotQuestions.org

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Woven (40 Occurrences)

Matthew 9:16
No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, and a worse hole would be made.
(WEY)

Matthew 27:29
and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
(DBY)

John 19:23
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 28:4
These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
(See NIV)

Exodus 28:8
The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 28:27
You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 28:28
They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 28:32
It shall have a hole for the head in its midst: it shall have a binding of woven work around its hole, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 29:5
You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and dress him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod;
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 31:10
the finely worked garments-the holy garments for Aaron the priest-the garments of his sons to minister in the priest's office,
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 35:19
the finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.'"
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 39:1
Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 39:3
They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.
(See NAS)

Exodus 39:5
The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to fasten it on, was of the same piece, like its work; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 39:20
They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its front, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 39:21
They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 39:22
He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 39:27
They made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 39:41
the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
(See NAS NIV)

Leviticus 8:7
He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened it to him with it.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV NIV)

Leviticus 13:49
if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 13:51
He shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew. It is unclean.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 13:52
He shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the plague is: for it is a destructive mildew. It shall be burned in the fire.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 13:53
"If the priest examines it, and behold, the plague hasn't spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin;
(See NIV)

Leviticus 13:56
If the priest looks, and behold, the plague has faded after it is washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
(See NIV)

Leviticus 13:57
and if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading. You shall burn with fire that in which the plague is.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 13:58
The garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin it is, which you shall wash, if the plague has departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and it will be clean."
(See NIV)

Leviticus 13:59
This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 19:19
My statutes shall ye observe. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with another sort; thou shalt not sow thy field with seed of two sorts; and a garment woven of two materials shall not come upon thee.
(DBY NIV)

Deuteronomy 22:11
Thou shalt not wear a garment of mixed material, woven of wool and linen together.
(DBY NIV)

Job 40:17
He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
(DBY)

Psalms 45:14
She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.
(See JPS)

Psalms 139:15
My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.
(WEB NIV)

Lamentations 1:14
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up on my neck; he has made my strength to fail: The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 16:10
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and covered thee with silk.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 16:13
Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper unto royal estate.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 16:18
and thou tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them, and didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 26:16
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 27:7
Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 27:16
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
(See JPS)

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