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Fold; Folding
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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fōld fōld´ing (verb; חבק , ḥābhaḳ , סבך , sabhakh ; ἑλίσσω , helı́ssō ): The verb occurs only 3 times in the King James Version, and in each instance represents a different word; we have ḥābhaḳ "to clasp" (Ecclesiastes 4:5 ), "The fool foldeth his hands together" (compare Proverbs 6:10 ); ṣābhak , "to interweave" (Nahum 1:10 , "folded together as thorns," the English Revised Version "like tangled thorns" the American Standard Revised Version "entangled like thorns"; see ENTANGLE ); helissō "to roll or fold up" (Hebrews 1:12 , quoted from Psalm 102:26 (Septuagint), the Revised Version (British and American) "As a mantle shalt thou roll them up").
Folding occurs as translation of gālı̄l , "turning" or "rolling" (1 Kings 6:34 bis , folding leaves of door). See also HOUSE .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Fold; Folding'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/f/fold-folding.html. 1915.
