Lace
King James Dictionary [1]
LACE, n. L. laqueus.
1. A work composed of threads interwoven into a net, and worked on a pillow with spindles or pins. Fine laces are manufactured in France, Italy and England. 2. A string a cord. 3. A snare a gin. 4. A plaited string with which females fasten their clothes.
Doll ne'er was called to cut her lace.
LACE,
1. To fasten with a string through eyelet holes.
When Jenny's stays are newly laced -
2. To adorn with lace as cloth laced with silver. 3. To embellish with variegations or stripes.
Look, love, what envious streaks.
Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
4. To beat to lash probably to make stripes on.
I'll lace your coat for ye.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
LACE . The Eng. word ‘lace’ comes from Lat. laqueus , a ‘snare,’ and is used in that sense in Old Eng. It is then employed for any cord or hand, and that is its meaning in Exodus 28:28; Exodus 28:37; Exodus 39:2 f., Exodus 39:31 , Sir 6:30 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Exodus 28:28 Exodus 39:21 Exodus 28:37 Exodus 39:31 Genesis 38:18 Numbers 15:38 Judges 16:9
Webster's Dictionary [4]
(a.) Coated with icing; iced; glazed; - said of fruits, sweetmeats, cake, etc.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
( פָּתַיל , Peathil', from being Twisted), the blue Cord with which the high- priest's breastplate was attached to the ephod ( Exodus 28:28; Exodus 28:37; Exodus 39:21; Exodus 39:31; rendered "riband" Numbers 15:38); spoken of gold ' Wire" ( Exodus 39:3), the Chain for attaching a cover to its vessel (" bound," Numbers 19:15); a strong "thread" of tow ( Judges 16:9), or measuring-" Lisne" of flax ( Ezekiel 40:3); also of the String by which the signet-ring was suspended in the bosom (" bracelet," Genesis 38:18); finally ( Κλῶσμα , a Spun thread, like Pathil above, for which it stands in Numbers 15:36), a Cord ( Sirach 6:30).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
lās ( פּתיל , pāthı̄l , variously rendered in Genesis 38:18 , Genesis 38:25; Exodus 39:3; Numbers 15:38; Numbers 19:15; Judges 16:9; Ezekiel 40:3 ): In modern English the noun "lace" usually denotes a delicate ornamental fabric, but in the word in the sense of "that which binds" is still in perfectly good use, especially in such combinations as "shoelace" etc. It is this latter significance that is found in Exodus 28:28 ("They shall bind ... with a lace of blue"); Exodus 28:37; Exodus 39:21 , Exodus 39:31 , and in Sirach 6:30 the King James Version, κλῶσμα , klṓsma (the Revised Version (British and American) "riband").
