Quick Definition
to weave
Strong's Definition
to plait or weave
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: weaver(-r).
TWOT Reference: 157
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָרַג (a.rag) — to weave. 1) to weave 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to weave (cloth) 1a2) to braid (Samson's hair) 1a3) weaver (subst.) 1a4) intrigue (fig.)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · אֶרֶג
Professions | verb qal
weaver = a person who weaves fabric for a living
EXO 28:32 · EXO 35:35 · EXO 39:22 · EXO 39:27 · 1SA 17:7 · 2SA 21:19 · 1CH 11:23 · 1CH 20:5 · ISA 19:9 · ISA 38:12
Weave | verb qal
to weave (a spider's web) = causative action by which spiders produce a web, which is similar in shape to woven fabric
Attach | verb qal
Collocation: ארג עִם
to weave (a thread) into (an existing fabric) = causative action by which humans weave an object in the shape of a thread into an existing piece of woven fabric in a loom
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[אָרַג] vb. weave base