Strong's Lexicon

H73

H73 — אַבנֵט

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewabnetnoun mascOccurrences: 9TWOT: 256a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H73
Word:	אַבנֵט
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	of uncertain derivation
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	abnet
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ab-nate'
Meaning:	1. a belt
KJV Renderings:	girdle.

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אַבְנֵט noun [masculine] girdle — ׳ א absolute Exod 28:4 +; אַבְנֵָֽטְךָ֨ Isa 22:21 construct Exod 39:29 אַבְנֵטִים Exod 28:40 — girdle, of high priest Exod 28:4; Exod 28:39; Exod 39:29; Lev 8:7; Lev 16:4 of priests Exod 28:40; Exod 29:9; Lev 8:13 (all P ); of high official Isa 22:21. — Josephus^{iii. 7. 2} ἀβανήθ; compare further Lag^{Ges. Abh. 39}.

described Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 3:7»iii. 7}. 2 as a sash wound round breast several times, and falling to the feet; in ᵑ7 ᵑ6 הֶמְיָן (Persian) a money-bag wound round body Sta^{ThLz. 1894, 236}.

בֵּנַ֫יִם see below [בַּיִן].

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אבנט (av-neht’)

Exodus 28:4

KJV: And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

EHCC: abroidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle

Exodus 29:9

KJV: And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.put: Heb. bindconsecrate: Heb. fill the hand of

EHCC: נוס+ shalt gird them with girdles,

Exodus 39:29

KJV: And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the Lord commanded Moses.

EHCC: a girdle (eh) fine twined linen,

Leviticus 8:7

KJV: And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.

EHCC: girded him with the girdle,

Leviticus 16:4

KJV: He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.

EHCC: א4.4 aball be girded with a haart ihn)

Isaiah 22:21

KJV: And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

EHCC: 0nd strengthen him with thy girdle,

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