Checkered
תַּשְׁבֵּץStrong’s H8665tashbets (tash-bets)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Tashbets is the Hebrew word usually translated “checkered work”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.”
Meaning
- Woven work, checkered material, chequered or plaited work
How it's translated
- checkered work 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
תַּשְׁבֵּץ tashbets · checkered
woven work, checkered material, chequered or plaited work
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “checker” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHECKER, verb transitive
- To variegate with cross lines; to form into little squares, like a chess board, by lines or stripes of different colors.
- To diversify; to variegate with different qualities, scenes, or events.
All definitions and other forms of “checker”
CHECKER, noun
- One who checks or restrains; a rebuker.
- A chess-board.
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.