Difference between revisions of "Hair"

<div> '''A — 1: '''''Θρίξ''''' ''' (Strong'S #2359 — Noun [[Feminine]] — thrix — threeks ) </div> <p> denotes the "hair," whether of beast, as of the camel's "hair" which formed the raiment of John the Baptist, &nbsp;Matthew 3:4; &nbsp;Mark 1:6; or of man. [[Regarding]] the latter (a) it is used to signify the minutest detail, as that which illustrates the exceeding care and protection bestowed by God upon His children, &nbsp;Matthew 10:30; &nbsp;Luke 12:7; &nbsp;21:18; &nbsp;Acts 27:34; (b) as the Jews swore by the "hair," the Lord used the natural inability to make one "hair" white or black, as one of the reasons for abstinence from oaths, &nbsp;Matthew 5:36; (c) while long "hair" is a glory to a woman (see B), and to wear it loose or dishevelled is a dishonor, yet the woman who wiped Christ's feet with her "hair" (in place of the towel which Simon the [[Pharisee]] omitted to provide), despised the shame in her penitent devotion to the Lord (slaves were accustomed to wipe their masters' feet), &nbsp;Luke 7:38,44 (RV, "hair"); see also &nbsp; John 11:2; &nbsp;12:3; (d) the dazzling whiteness of the head and "hair" of the Son of Man in the vision of &nbsp;Revelation 1:14 is suggestive of the holiness and wisdom of "the [[Ancient]] of Days;" (e) the long "hair" of the spirit-beings described as locusts in &nbsp; Revelation 9:8 is perhaps indicative of their subjection of their satanic master (cp. &nbsp; 1 Corinthians 11:10 , RV); (f) [[Christian]] women are exhorted to refrain from adorning their "hair" for outward show, &nbsp;1 Peter 3:3 . </p> &nbsp;Acts 18:3 <div> '''A — 2: '''''Κόμη''''' ''' (Strong'S #2864 — Noun Feminine — kome — kom'-ay ) </div> <p> is used only of "human hair," but not in the NT of the ornamental. The word is found in &nbsp;1 Corinthians 11:15 , where the context shows that the "covering" provided in the long "hair" of the woman is as a veil, a sign of subjection to authority, as indicated in the headships spoken of in &nbsp;1 Corinthians 11:1-10 . </p> <div> '''B — 1: '''''Κομάω''''' ''' (Strong'S #2863 — Verb — komao — kom-ah'-o ) </div> <p> signifies "to let the hair grow long, to wear long hair," a glory to a woman, a dishonor to a man (as taught by nature), &nbsp;1 Corinthians 11:14,15 . </p> <div> '''C — 1: '''''Τρίχινος''''' ''' (Strong'S #5155 — Adjective — trichinos — trikh'-ee-nos ) </div> <p> akin to A, No. 1, signifies "hairy, made of hair," &nbsp;Revelation 6:12 , lit., "hairy sackcloth." Cp. [[Sackcloth]] </p>