Fold; Folding
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
fōld fōld´ing (verb; חבק , ḥābhaḳ , סבך , sabhakh ; ἑλίσσω , helı́ssō ): The verb occurs only 3 times in the King James Version, and in each instance represents a different word; we have ḥābhaḳ "to clasp" ( Ecclesiastes 4:5 ), "The fool foldeth his hands together" (compare Proverbs 6:10 ); ṣābhak , "to interweave" ( Nahum 1:10 , "folded together as thorns," the English Revised Version "like tangled thorns" the American Standard Revised Version "entangled like thorns"; see Entangle ); helissō "to roll or fold up" ( Hebrews 1:12 , quoted from Psalm 102:26 (Septuagint), the Revised Version (British and American) "As a mantle shalt thou roll them up").
Folding occurs as translation of gālı̄l , "turning" or "rolling" ( 1 Kings 6:34 bis , folding leaves of door). See also House .
