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חֵ֫שֶׁבStrong’s H2805

cheshev (che-shev)

Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Cheshev is the Hebrew word usually translated “girdle of”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.”
Exodus 28:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. Girdle, band, ingenious workingenious work-the name of the girdle or band of the ephod
How it's translated
  • girdle of 4
  • and girdle of 2
  • with girdle of 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 7
  • Leviticus 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

חֵ֫שֶׁב cheshev · artwork

1) girdle, band, ingenious work 1a) ingenious work-the name of the girdle or band of the ephod

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

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