Bible dictionaries
Mincing
What Bible dictionaries say about “Mincing”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Mincing - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
(Heb. taphoph, Isa. 3:16), taking affectedly short and quick steps. Luther renders the word by "wag" or "waggle," thus representing "the affected gait of coquettish females."
Mincing - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
MIN'CING, ppr. Cutting into small pieces; speaking or walking affectedly.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
min'-sing (Taphaph): "Taking short steps," "walking trippingly." Only in Isa 3:16, "walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling (a jingling of the metal anklets) with their feet." Compare OHL.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915