Hem
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( interj.) An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.
(2): ( n.) An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
(3): ( pron.) Them
(4): ( v. i.) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.
(5): ( n.) The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
(6): ( n.) Border; edge; margin.
(7): ( n.) A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
(8): ( v. t.) To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.
(9): ( v. t.) To border; to edge
King James Dictionary [2]
HEM, n.
1. The border of a garment, doubled and sewed to strengthen it and prevent the raveling of the threads. 2. Edge border. Matthew 9 3. A particular sound of the human voice, expressed by the word hem.
HEM, To form a hem or border to fold and sew down the edge of cloth to strengthen it.
1. To border to edge.
All the skirt about
Was hemm'd with golden fringe.
To hem in, to inclose and confine to surround to environ. The troops were hemmed in by the enemy. Sometimes perhaps to hem about or round, may be used in a like sense.
HEM, To make the sound expressed by the word hem.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Exodus 28:31-35 Exodus 39:22-26 Numbers 15:38-39 Matthew 9:20 Matthew 14:36 Mark 6:56 Luke 8:44
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [4]
Matthew 9:20 (c) This may be taken as a picture of implicit faith in Christ even though it be just to came near and to touch that which belonged to Him. CHRIST rewards true faith, though it be feeble, and not too intelligent. (See also Matthew 14:36).
Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]
Numbers 15:38,39 Matthew 23:5 Luke 8:44
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [6]
HEM . See Fringes.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]
(κράσπεδον , kráspedon ): The classic instance of the use of "hem" in the New Testament is Matthew 9:20 the King James Version (compare Matthew 14:36 ), where the woman "touched the hem of his (Christ's) garment." The reference is to the fringe or tassel with its traditional blue thread which the faithful Israelite was directed to wear on the corners of the outer garment ( Numbers 15:37; Deuteronomy 22:12 ). Great importance came to be attached to it, the ostentatious Pharisees making it very broad or large ( Matthew 23:5 ). Here the woman clearly thought there might be peculiar virtue in touching the tassel or fringe of Jesus' garment. Elsewhere the word is rendered Border (which see). See also Dress; Fringe .
