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Swaddling Clothes
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
"to swathe" (from sparganon, "a swathing band"), signifies "to wrap in swaddling clothes" in Luke 2:7,12 . The idea that the word means "rags" is without foundation. In the Sept., Job 38:9; Ezekiel 16:4 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Swaddling Clothes'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/s/swaddling-clothes.html. 1940.