Belt Girdle Sash

† אֵזוֹר n.m. Je 13:10 waistcloth (NH id., Arabic إِزَارٌ, cf. RSJQ Jan. 1892, 289 ff.)—א׳ abs. Jb 12:18 + 8 times; cstr. 2 K 1:8 + 4 times;—of skin 2 K 1:8 (prophet.); of linen Je 13:1 (v. Che) cf. v 2, 4, 6, 7(×2), 10, 11 (symbol. of Isr. & Jud. cleaving to י׳); of Assyrian warriors’ waistcloth, ‘girdle of loins’ Is 5:27; in wall-images of Chaldeans, חֲגוֹרֵי א׳ בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם Ez 23:15 (cf. 2 K 1:8 v. sub אָזַר) so fig. of Yahweh’s power over kings וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזוֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם Jb 12:18 (א׳ = fetter, cf. Di; but according to RSl.c. ref. to slaves’ garment); metaph. of righteousness & faithfulness Is 11:5(×2) (א׳ מָתְנָיו, א׳ חֲלָצָיו).

† אַבְנֵט n.[m.] girdle—א׳ abs. Ex 28:4 +; אַבְנֵֽטְךָ֨ Is 22:21; cstr. Ex 39:29; אַבְנֵטִים Ex 28:40;—girdle, of high priest Ex 28:4, 39; 39:29 Lv 8:7; 16:4; of priests Ex 28:40; 29:9 Lv 8:13 (all P); of high official Is 22:21.—Josephusiii. 7. 2 ἀβανήθ; cf. further LagGes. Abh. 39. described JosAnt. iii. 7, 2 as a sash wound round breast several times and falling to the feet; in 𝔗 𝔖 הֶמְיָן (Pers.) a money-bag wound round body StaThLZ, 1894, 236.

ζών-η, ἡ, (ζώννυμι) belt, girdle: __I properly the lower girdle worn by women just above the hips, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ᾽ ἰξυῖ Refs 8th c.BC+ —Phrases: __I.1 λῦσε δὲ παρθενίην ζ. unloosed her maiden girdle, of the bridegroom, Refs 8th c.BC+:—middle, of the bride, μούνῳ ἑνὶ ζώναν ἀνέρι λυσαμένα Refs, absolutely, of marriage, Refs 5th c.BC+; of sexual intercourse, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __I.1.b ζ. λῦσαι to loose the girdle for childbirth, Refs 4th c.BC+; later λύσασθαι or ἀπολύσασθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+ __I.1.c of men on a march, ζ. λύσασθαι to slacken one's belt, i.e. rest oneself, Refs 5th c.BC+ __I.2 of pregnant women, τέκνων ἤνεγχ᾽ ὑπὸ ζώνην βάρος Refs 4th c.BC+; πῶς γάρ σ᾽ ἔθρεψεν ἐντὸς.. ζώνη; Refs 5th c.BC+; also ὑπὸ ζώνῃ θέσθαι to conceive, Refs __I.3 proverbial, εἰς ζώνην δεδόσθαι to be given for girdle-money (as we should say, pinmoney), of Oriental queens who had cities given them for their small expenses, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II man's belt (more frequently ζωστήρ), ἡ ζ. τοῦ Ὠρίωνος the three stars that form the belt of Orion. Refs 4th c.BC+; the belt of barbarians, in which they wore the dagger, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.b belt used as a purse, NT+1st c.AD+ __II.2 part round which the girdle passed, waist, Ἄρεϊ ζώνην ἴκελος Refs 8th c.BC+ __II.3 = Latin cingulum, belt worn by Roman civil and military officers, [Refs 6th c.BC+; ={ἀξίωμα}, Refs; οἱ ὑπὸ ζώνην soldiers, Refs 6th c.AD+ __III anything that goes round like a belt, Refs 1st c.AD+; of the girdle of ocean, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __III.2 one of the zones of the terrestrial sphere, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ζ. διακεκαυμένη, εὔκρατος, Refs 1st c.BC+ __III.2.b one of the planetary spheres, οἱ μὲν [τῶν πλανητῶν] ὑψηλὴν ζ. φέρονται οἱ δὲ ταπεινήν Refs 2nd c.AD+ __III.2.c Astrology texts,= ζῴδιον, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __III.3 in Architecture texts,= διάζωμα, frieze, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __III.4 Latin zona, in in Medicine texts, shingles, Scrib.Larg.Refs __III.5 stripes on fish, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __IV plural, an order of divine beings presiding over, or engirdled with cosmic zones, opposed to ἄζωνοι, Refs 5th c.AD+

† חֲגוֹרָה n.f. girdle loin-covering, belt—חֲגוֹרָה Is 3:24; חֲגֹרָה 2 S 18:11 2 K 3:21; sf. חֲגֹרָתוֹ 1 K 2:5; Pl. חֲגֹרֹת Gn 3:7;—girdle, loin-covering Gn 3:7 (J); as article of women’s dress Is 3:24; belt of warrior 1 K 2:5 2 K 3:21 (חֹגֵר ח׳), cf. 2 S 18:11.—On חֲג֖וֹרָה Is 32:11 v. חָגַר 1.

† [חָגוֹר] adj. girt, girded, only pl. cstr.; חֲגוֹרֵי אֵזוֹר Ez 23:15 girded with a waist-cloth.

† מֵ֫זַח n.m. girdle (according to Bondi11 WMMAs. u. Eur. 104 loan-word from Egypt mḏḥ, cf. LagGGN 1889, 310);—abs. מ׳:—in sim. of curse enfolding the wicked ψ 109:19 (‖ בֶּגֶד); fig. = restraint Is 23:10 (but text dubious).