Plait
תּוֹרStrong’s H8447tor
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tor is the Hebrew word usually translated “turn of”, “strings of jewels” and “necklaces of”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)”
Meaning
- Circlet, plait, turn (of hair or gold)
- (CLBL) succession, order
How it's translated
- turn of 2
- with strings of jewels 1
- necklaces of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 2
- Song of Solomon 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Esther 2:15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
- Song of Solomon 1:10Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
- Song of Solomon 1:11We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
Hebrew dictionary
תּוֹר tor · plait
1) circlet, plait, turn (of hair or gold) 2) (CLBL) succession, order
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “plait” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLAIT, noun
[Gr. to twist.]
- A fold; a doubling; as of cloth.
- A braid of hair; a tress.
All definitions and other forms of “plait”
PLAIT, verb transitive
To fold; to double in narrow streaks; as, to plait a gown or a sleeve.
- To braid; to interweave strands; as, to plait the hair.
- To entangle; to involve.
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.