Headband
שָׁבִיסStrong’s H7636shavis (sha-vis)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Shavis is the Hebrew word usually translated “amulets”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,”
Meaning
- Front bandfor woman's head
How it's translated
- and the amulets 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁבִיס shavis · headband
1) front band 1a) for woman's head
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “headband” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HEADBAND, noun
hed'band. A fillet; a band for the head; also, the band at each end of a book.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.