Bible Encyclopedia: Fringe

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Greek

2899. kraspedon -- a border, tassel
... a border, tassel. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kraspedon Phonetic
Spelling: (kras'-ped-on) Short Definition: the fringe, edge Definition: the ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1434. gedil -- twisted threads
... fringe, wreath. From gadal (in the sense of twisting); thread, ie A tassel or festoon --
fringe, wreath. see HEBREW gadal. 1433, 1434. gedil. 1435 . ...
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6734. tsitsith -- a tassel, lock
... fringe, lock. Feminine of tsiyts; a floral or wing-like projection, ie A forelock
of hair, a tassel -- fringe, lock. see HEBREW tsiyts. 6733, 6734. ...
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Library

An Appeal to the Married Women.
... at any mention of (the name of) God, continue uncovered; (who) even when about to
spend time in prayer itself, with the utmost readiness place a fringe, or a ...
/.../tertullian/on the veiling of virgins/chapter xvii an appeal to the.htm

Ambition in Service.
... Roundabout every church is a fringe of deep, sometimes a deep fringe and broad,
of those practically untouched by the warm message of Jesus; and around every ...
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Quaker City Excursion
... How gaily they were decked out with scarlet cloth and fringe hanging over the sides
almost touching the water; each boat was rowed by twelve men dressed in ...
/.../griswold/sixty years with plymouth church/quaker city excursion.htm

Unpossessed Possessions
... The settlers huddle together upon the fringe of barren sand by the salt water,
and never dream of pressing forward into the heart of the land. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/unpossessed possessions.htm

The Avenging of the Saviour.
... He set free; and another woman, named Veronica, who suffered twelve years from an
issue of blood, and came up to Him behind, and touched the fringe of His ...
/.../unknown/the avenging of the saviour/the avenging of the saviour.htm

Third Tractate. Problems of the Soul (1).
... They are one soul by the fact that they do not belong unreservedly to any particular
being; they meet, so to speak, fringe to fringe; they strike out here and ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/third tractate problems of the.htm

Sermon.
... It was an ordained thing. "And ye shall look upon this fringe," it is said in a
noble passage of the book of Numbers, "it shall be to you for a fringe, and ye ...
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First Greek Form.
... And when Jesus passed by, she mysteriously received strength through his overshadowing
her; and she took hold of his fringe behind, and immediately in the same ...
/.../the report of pilate concerning our lord jesus christ/first greek form.htm

Second Greek Form.
... hope, and had not cleansed her, for there was not in her a single hope of health:
once, then, as Jesus was passing by, she took hold of the fringe of his ...
/.../the report of pilate concerning our lord jesus christ/second greek form.htm

Joseph the Dreamer.
... his special love for Joseph by making him a coat of many colours"a long tunic with
stripes of red, green, blue, and yellow, having a coloured fringe at the ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/joseph the dreamer.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.

2. (n.) Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine.

3. (n.) One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; -- called also interference fringe.

4. (n.) The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome.

5. (v. t.) To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.

Thesaurus

Fringe (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along
a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine. ...
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Touched (96 Occurrences)
... Matthew 9:20 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind
him, and touched the fringe of his garment; (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS ...
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Garment (143 Occurrences)
... Matthew 9:20 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind
him, and touched the fringe of his garment; (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). ...
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Touch (82 Occurrences)
... Matthew 9:20 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind
him, and touched the fringe of his garment; (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY ...
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Fringes (4 Occurrences)
... and tell them that they should make themselves fringes in the borders of their garments
throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each ...
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Cloak (73 Occurrences)
... Matthew 14:36 and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his
garment. As many as touched it were made whole. (See NAS NIV). ...
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Hem (14 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Of a garment, the fringe of a garment. The Jews attached
much importance to these, because of the regulations in Numbers 15:38, 39. ...
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Pearl (5 Occurrences)
... pearls of various sizes. Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A fringe or border.
2. (vt) To fringe; to border. 3. (n.) A shelly concretion ...
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Bleeding (9 Occurrences)
... Matthew 9:20 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came
behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; (See NIV). ...
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Begged (71 Occurrences)
... (WEB DBY RSV). Matthew 14:36 and they begged him that they might just touch the
fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole. (WEB NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Fringe (7 Occurrences)

Matthew 9:20 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;
(WEB YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 14:36 and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
(WEB YLT NAS RSV)

Mark 6:56 Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
(WEB YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 8:44 came behind him, and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.
(WEB YLT NAS RSV)

Numbers 15:38 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue:
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Numbers 15:39 and it shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look on it, and remember all the commandments of Yahweh, and do them; and that you not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to play the prostitute;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Job 26:14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
(See NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Fringe

Related Terms

Touched (96 Occurrences)

Garment (143 Occurrences)

Touch (82 Occurrences)

Fringes (4 Occurrences)

Cloak (73 Occurrences)

Hem (14 Occurrences)

Pearl (5 Occurrences)

Bleeding (9 Occurrences)

Begged (71 Occurrences)