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Strong's #73 - אַבְנֵט
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- Strong
1) girdle, sash, waistband
1a) of high priest
1b) of other priests
1c) of high official
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2022) unb (בנתה BNTh) AC: ? CO: Waist AB: ?: [from: ub- The middle of the body as a division]
nm ) unba (אבנתה ABNTh) - Sash: A waistband worn by officials. KJV (9): girdle - Strongs: H73 (אַבְנֵט)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
בֵּנַ֫יִם see below [בַּיִן].
אַבְנֵט (for בְּנֵט with Aleph prosthet.), with suff. אַבְנֵטְךָ, pl. אַבְנֵטִים m., a belt, or girdle, such as priests wore, Exodus 28:4, 39:40 Leviticus 16:4 and other nobles, Isaiah 22:21 comp. Joseph. Arch. iii. 7, § 2. Ch. פֶּנֶד, פּוּנְדָא, אֲפוּנְדָא a belt. Both words, the Hebrew and the Chaldee, come from the Persic, in which بند (Sanscr. bandha, Germ. Band) signifies any band, also a girdle. [This word however is used in Pent. before the Hebrews had any Persian intercourse.]