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Apron

σιμικίνθιονStrong’s G4612

simikinthion

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Simikinthion is the Greek word usually translated “aprons”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.”
Acts 19:12 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “aprons”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • aprons 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    σιμικίνθιον simikinthion · apron

    σιμικίνθιον (also written σημι-), -ου, τό (Lat. semicinctium), a work­man's apron: Act.19:12.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “apron” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    A'PRON, noun

    1. A cloth or piece of leather worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean, or defend them from injury.
    2. The fat skin covering the belly of a goose.
    3. In gunnery, a flat piece of lead that covers the vent of a cannon.
    4. In ships, a piece of curved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.
    All definitions
    1. A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, on which the dock gates are shut.
    2. A piece of lether or other thing to be spread before a person riding in a gig, chaise or sulky, to defend him from rain, snow or dust.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.