Quick Definition
to weave
Strong's Definition
to interweave (colored) threads in squares; by implication (of reticulation) to inchase gems in gold
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: embroider, set.
TWOT Reference: 2320
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
שָׁבַץ (sha.vats) — to weave. 1) to weave in checkered or plaited work or pattern (meaning probable) 1a) (Piel) to weave, plait 1b) (Pual) inwoven, set (participle)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִשְׁבְּצֹות · שָׁבָץ · תַּשְׁבֵּץ
Weave | verb pi
to weave in patterns exact meaning unsure; possibly: = causative action by which human produce fabric by weaving different colors of yarn into a single cloth
Attach | verb pu'al
set, mounted literally: woven in patterns; hence, possibly: = causative action by which humans attach gems to cloth in a web of gold yarn
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁבַץ] vb. Pi. prob. weave in chequer or plaited work (NH שָׁבַץ ornament a vessel with a pattern) Pi. and thou shalt chequer (or plait) the tunic (in) byssus.
Pu. inwoven (i.e. set ina chequered or plaited mounting) with gold(-thread) shall they be (of gems).
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