Bible dictionaries

Sheath

What Bible dictionaries say about “Sheath”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Sheath - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

SHEATH, n.

1. A case for the reception of a sword or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard. A sheath is that which separates, and hence a defense.

2. In botany, a membrane investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.

3. Any thin covering for defense; the wing-case of an insect.

SHEATH, v.t.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2