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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

TASSEL

tas'-'l (tsitsith): This word occurs only in Numbers 15:38 (Revised Version margin), which reads "tassels in the corners" for "fringes in the borders of their garments" (the King James Version).

It is probable that the dress of the Palestinian peasant has undergone little change in the centuries since the occupation of the land by the Hebrews. His outer garment, worn for protection against cold and rain, is the simlah of Exodus 22:26, now known as 'abayah by the Arabs. It is a square cloak, with unsewn spaces for armholes, and is composed of either three or four widths of woven stuff. The outer strips of the stuff, folded back and sewn at the upper edges, form shoulder-straps. It was to such a garment as this that the injunctions of Numbers 15:37-41 and of Deuteronomy 22:12 applied.

See FRINGES.

W. Shaw Caldecott

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

6734. tsitsith -- a tassel, lock
... 6733, 6734. tsitsith. 6735 . a tassel, lock. Transliteration: tsitsith
Phonetic Spelling: (tsee-tseeth') Short Definition: tassel. ...
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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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Library

Letter V
... Received 1788, Died 1797 * Van Order, Harvey "Received 1829, Located 1836 * Van
Schoick, John "Received 1810, Died 1816 * Van Tassel, Truman "Received ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bangs/an alphabetical list of m e preachers/letter v.htm

Life Amongst the Upper Ten Thousand
... Ahead of us an outrider, dressed in a long gown, wore a hat of the inverted
bowl shape, decorated with a spreading scarlet tassel. ...
/.../the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xviii life amongst the.htm

Bethesda and the Sanhedrin
... Yet he was not to make a bell, a pomegranate, a tassel, a fringe, a curtain, or
any vessel of the sanctuary, except according to the pattern shown him. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A male hawk. See Tercel.

2. (n.) A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.

3. (n.) A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.

4. (n.) The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.

5. (n.) A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.

6. (n.) A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers; -- rarely used in the United States.

7. (v. i.) To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.

8. (v. t.) To adorn with tassels.

Thesaurus

Tassel (5 Occurrences)
... 7. (vi) To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels. 8. (vt) To adorn
with tassels. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TASSEL. ...
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Fringes (4 Occurrences)
... frin'-jis (tsitsith, "tassel, lock" (Numbers 15:38, 39), gedhilim, "twisted threads,"
"festoons" (Deuteronomy 22:12)): Tassels worn by the Israelites on the ...
/f/fringes.htm - 10k

Tassels (3 Occurrences)
... of Israel, and bid them that they make them tassels on the corners of their garments,
throughout their generations, and that they attach to the tassel of the ...
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Hem (14 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Outer (98 Occurrences)
... Matthew 14:36 and they entreated Him that they might but touch the tassel of His
outer garment; and all who did so were restored to perfect health. (WEY). ...
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Lace (7 Occurrences)
... of Israel, and bid them that they make them tassels on the corners of their garments,
throughout their generations, and that they attach to the tassel of the ...
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Locks (29 Occurrences)
... (1) The first word, tsitsith, means really a tassel, such as is worn by the Jews
on the four corners of the prayer-shawl or Tallith and on the 'arba` kanephoth ...
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Instantly (39 Occurrences)
... this: (KJV). Luke 8:44 came close behind Him and touched the tassel of His
robe; and instantly her flow of blood stopped. (WEY). Luke ...
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Task-work (2 Occurrences)
Task-work. Taskwork, Task-work. Tassel . Multi-Version Concordance Task-work
(2 Occurrences). ... (See JPS). Taskwork, Task-work. Tassel . Reference Bible.
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Robe (142 Occurrences)
... robe. (BBE). Luke 8:44 came close behind Him and touched the tassel of His
robe; and instantly her flow of blood stopped. (WEY BBE). ...
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Bible Concordance

Tassel (5 Occurrences)

Matthew 9:20 But a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage came behind Him and touched the tassel of His cloak;
(WEY)

Matthew 14:36 and they entreated Him that they might but touch the tassel of His outer garment; and all who did so were restored to perfect health.
(WEY)

Luke 8:44 came close behind Him and touched the tassel of His robe; and instantly her flow of blood stopped.
(WEY)

Numbers 15:38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them tassels on the corners of their garments, throughout their generations, and that they attach to the tassel of the corners a lace of blue;
(Root in DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 15:39 and it shall be unto you for a tassel, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye seek not after the lusts of your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye go a whoring;
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Tassel

Related Terms

Fringes (4 Occurrences)

Tassels (3 Occurrences)

Hem (14 Occurrences)

Outer (98 Occurrences)

Lace (7 Occurrences)

Locks (29 Occurrences)

Instantly (39 Occurrences)

Task-work (2 Occurrences)

Robe (142 Occurrences)