Quick Definition
hem
Strong's Definition
a skirt; by implication, a bottom edge
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to hang down;
KJV Usage: hem, skirt, train.
TWOT Reference: 2346a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) skirt (of robe)
1a) of high priest's robe
1b) of God's train, city as woman, ignominy, defilement (fig)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שׁוּל (shul) — hem. 1) skirt (of robe) 1a) of high priest's robe 1b) of God's train, city as woman, ignominy, defilement (fig)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שׁוּל] n.m. skirt, of robe base
