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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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HEADBAND . In 1 Kings 20:38; 1 Kings 20:41 RV [Note: Revised Version.] this is the correct rendering of the word tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘ ashes ’ in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] . Beyond the fact that it covered the wearer’s forehead its form is unknown. A different word, tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘headbands,’ Isaiah 3:20 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , more probably represents ‘ sashes ,’ as in RV [Note: Revised Version.]; it is used again in Jeremiah 2:32 for the sash or girdle (EV [Note: English Version.] ‘attire’) with which a bride ‘girds’ herself ( Isaiah 49:18 RV [Note: Revised Version.] , the cognate verb).

A. R. S. Kennedy.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Headband'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​h/headband.html. 1909.
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