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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Hair
Thompson Chain Reference
• Hairs, Gray
• Hair
• Gray Hairs
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Hair, of Head, Oils & Gold Dust in, Baldness: & Beard, Absalom's
• Dust On Hair, Mourning
• Beard: & Hair
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Hair, the
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Hair
• Goats' Hair
Chabad Knowledge Base
• Hair Covering
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Hair
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Hair
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Hair
• Camel's Hair
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Hair
• Camel's Hair
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Hair (2)
• Hair
• Camel, Camel's Hair
King James Dictionary
• Hair
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Hair
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Hair in Christian Antiquity
• Hair
People's Bible Dictionary
• Hair
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Hair
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Hair
Wilson's Bible Types
• Hair
Webster Dictionary
• Stadia Hairs
• Shag-Haired
• Pele's Hair
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Camel's Hair
• Hair
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Hair
• Hair-Tail
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Camel's Hair
• Goats' Hair
• Hair
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Hair
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Camels Hair
• Goats Hair
• Hair
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Hair (in Christian Antiquity)
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Hair
Lexicons
• ܡܢܳܬ݂ܳܐ
• ܣܳܥܪܳܐ
• θρίξ , δέρρις
• κείρω
• κεφαλή
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• גָּזַז
• דַּלָּה , דַּלָּה
• מִקְשֶׁה
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The Jewish men, except Nazarites, Numbers 6:5,9 , and cases like that of Absalom, 2 Samuel 14:26 , cut their hair moderately short, 1 Corinthians 11:14 , and applied fragrant ointments to it, Exodus 30:30-33 Psalm 23:5 Ecclesiastes 9:8 . In mourning they wholly neglected it, or shaved it close, or plucked it out by handfuls, Jeremiah 7:29 . Women prized a fine head of hair, and plaited, perfumed, and decked it in many ways, Isaiah 3:18,24 1 Corinthians 11:15 , so much as to call for apostolic interdictions, 1 Timothy 2:9 1 Peter 3:9 . "Hair like women's" characterized the locusts of antichrist, Revelation 9:8 . Lepers when cleansed, and Levites, on their consecration, shaved the whole body, Leviticus 13:1-59 14:8,9 .