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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49834" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49834" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Babylonish]] [[Garment]] </strong> ( <em> ’addereth Shin’âr </em> ). [[Stolen]] by [[Achan]] ( Joshua 7:21 ); literally ‘mantle of Shinar’; probably a cloak of embroidered stuff. [[Babylonia]] was famous in classical times for such costly garments, and the sculptures exhibit the most elaborately embroidered dresses. The [[Babylonian]] inscriptions enumerate an almost endless variety of such garments, worked in many colours. </p> <p> | <p> <strong> [[Babylonish]] [[Garment]] </strong> ( <em> ’addereth Shin’âr </em> ). [[Stolen]] by [[Achan]] ( Joshua 7:21 ); literally ‘mantle of Shinar’; probably a cloak of embroidered stuff. [[Babylonia]] was famous in classical times for such costly garments, and the sculptures exhibit the most elaborately embroidered dresses. The [[Babylonian]] inscriptions enumerate an almost endless variety of such garments, worked in many colours. </p> <p> C. H. W. Johns. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_22088" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_22088" /> == | ||
<p> (אִדֶּרֶת שַׁנְעָד, '' | <p> (אִדֶּרֶת שַׁנְעָד, ''Adde'Reth Shinar';'' Sept. ψιλὴ ποικίλη, Vulg. ''Pallium Coccineum'' )'','' a ''Babylonish Mantle,'' (See [[Attire]]), i.e. a large rote variegated with the figures of men and animals interwoven in rich colors (comp. Pliny, ''Hist.Nat.'' 8:48), such as were fabricated at [[Babylon]] (q.v.); hence a valuable piece of clothing in general ( Joshua 7:21). (See [[Embroidery]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1621" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1621" /> == | ||
