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STOMACHER is the EV [Note: English Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of pÄ•thîgîl , whose meaning ( Isaiah 3:24 only) is very uncertain. The Eng. word ‘stomacher’ was applied to that part of a woman’s dress which covered the breast and the pit of the stomach. It was usually much ornamented, and was looked upon as an evidence of wealth.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Stomacher'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/s/stomacher.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Stomacher'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/s/stomacher.html. 1909.
