Hood

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(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.

Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]

 Isaiah 3:23 Job 29:14 Zechariah 3:5 Isaiah 62:3

Holman Bible Dictionary [3]

 Isaiah 3:23

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.

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