Hood
Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]
Isaiah 3:23Job 29:14Zechariah 3:5Isaiah 62:3
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1):
(n.) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
(2):
(n.) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
(3):
(n.) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
(4):
(n.) State; condition.
(5):
(n.) A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
(6):
(v. t.) To cover; to hide; to blind.
(7):
(n.) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
(8):
(v. t.) To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
(9):
(n.) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
(10):
(n.) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
(11):
(n.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
(12):
(n.) Anything resembling a hood in form or use
(13):
(n.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; - called also helmet.
(14):
(n.) A covering for a mortar.
(15):
(n.) The top of a pump.
(16):
(n.) A covering for a horse's head.
(17):
(n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.
(18):
(n.) The top or head of a carriage.
(19):
(n.) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
hood ( זניפות , zenı̄phōth ): The ladies' "hoods" of Isaiah 3:23 the King James Version appear as "turbans" the Revised Version (British and American); and "mitre" of Zechariah 3:5 is "turban, or diadem" the English Revised Version, margin. The word is from the verb zānaph , "to wrap round." It connotes a head-covering, not a permanent article of dress. See Dress , 5; Hat .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(צָנַי, tsaniph'), a tiara round the head, spoken of a female head band (Isaiah 3:23); elsewhere Tendered "diadem," e.g. a man's turban (Job 29:14); the high-priest's "mitre" (Zechariah 3:5); the king's crown (Isaiah lxii, 3, marg.). (See Head Dress), etc.
