Gen 20:16, 1Cor 11:5-6, 10, 1Ti 2:9 | TSK | STEP | thy. thousand.What these pieces were is not certain; but it is probable they were shekels, as it is so understood by the Targum; and the LXX. render it {didrachma,} by which the Hebrew shekel is rendered in ch. 23:15, 16. behold.Or, "behold IT (the 1,000 shekels) is to thee," etc. a covering. thus.

Genesis 20:16

thy.

thousand.What these pieces were is not certain; but it is probable they were shekels, as it is so understood by the Targum; and the LXX. render it {didrachma,} by which the Hebrew shekel is rendered in ch. 23:15, 16.

behold.Or, "behold IT (the 1,000 shekels) is to thee," etc.

26:11

a covering.

24:65

thus.

1Ch 21:3-6; Pr 9:8,9; 12:1; 25:12; 27:5; Jon 1:6; Re 3:19

1 Corinthians 11:5-6

or.

Lu 2:36; Ac 2:17; 21:9

shaven.

De 21:12

but.

Nu 5:18; De 22:5

1 Corinthians 11:10

power.That is, a covering in sign that she is under the power of her husband. [Exousia ,] appears here to be used for the sign or token of being under power or authority, that is, a veil, as Theophylact, (Ecumenius, and Photius) explain; and so one MS. of the Vulgate, the Sixtine edition, and some copies of the Itala, have {velamen.}

Ge 20:16; 24:64,65

because.

Ec 5:6; Mt 18:10; Heb 1:14

1 Timothy 2:9

that.

1Pe 3:3-5

with shamefacedness.

Pr 7:10; Isa 3:16; Tit 2:3-5

not.

Ge 24:53; Ex 35:22,23; 2Ki 9:30; Es 5:1; Ps 45:13,14; 149:4

Pr 31:22; Isa 3:18-24; 61:4; Jer 2:32; 4:30; Eze 16:9-16; Mt 6:28

Mt 6:29; 11:8

broidered. or, plaited.

1Pe 3:3