Wimple

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( v. t.) To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.

(2): ( v. t.) To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.

(3): ( n.) A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns.

(4): ( v. i.) To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.

(5): ( n.) A flag or streamer.

(6): ( v. t.) To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of water.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Old English for hood or veil ( Isaiah 3:22), Mitpahath . In  Ruth 3:15 a shawl or broad cloak thrown over head and body. Isaiah ( Isaiah 3:22) introduces it among the concomitants of luxury with which the women of Israel had burdened themselves, so as to copy the Egyptian and other people's habits of braiding the hair, etc.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Wimple. An old English word for Hood or Veil , used in the Authorized Version of  Isaiah 3:22. The same Hebrew word is translated "veil" in  Ruth 3:15, but it signifies rather a kind of Shawl or Mantle .

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A veil or hood; but the Hebrew signifies, properly, a broad and large mantle or shawl. See  Ruth 3:15 , Boaz gives Ruth six measures of barley, which she carries away in her mantle, rather than veil, as in the English translation. So in  Isaiah 3:22 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Wimple . Only   Isaiah 3:22 AV [Note: Authorized Version.]; RV [Note: Revised Version.] shawls . The precise article of dress intended is unknown.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Isaiah 3:22Clothing Cloth

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Isaiah 3:22 Ruth 3:15

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See Garments

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

wim´p ' 50  : the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "shawls" for the King James Version "wimples" in   Isaiah 3:22 . The precise article of dress intended is unknown. See Dress .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Wimple'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/w/wimple.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

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