Strong H6809צָעִיף

shawl

Transliteration
tsâ‛îyph
Pronunciation
tsaw-eef'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From an unused root meaning to wrap over; a veil: - vail.

Detailed definition

wrapper, shawl, veil

In the Bible

Strong H6809 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • vail3

First verses

  1. Genesis 24:65
    For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
  2. Genesis 38:14
    And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
  3. Genesis 38:19
    And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
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