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Bible Encyclopedias
Skin
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (prop. עוֹר, or, so called, perhaps, from its nudity; once גֶּלֶד, geled, so called from its smoothness [Job 16:15]; once improperly for בָּשָׂר, basar [Psalms 102:5], flesh, as elsewhere rendered; δέρμα ), the cuticle of man (Exodus 34:29; Leviticus 13:2; Job 7:5, etc.), or the hide of an animal (Job 40:31); the latter chiefly as taken off (Genesis 3:21; Genesis 27:16; Leviticus 4:10; Leviticus 7:8), also as prepared or wrought into leather (Leviticus 11:32; Leviticus 13:48; Numbers 31:20). So in the plur. (Exodus 26:14; Exodus 39:34). For the tachash-skins (Numbers 4:8; Numbers 11:12), (See BADGER). For the use of holding water, (See SKIN BOTTLE). The word in Heb. is poetically put for body (Job 18:13). The phrase "skin for skin" (Job 2:4) means like for like, or what is intimate and dear as the skin. "Skin of the teeth" (Job 19:20) is evidently a proverbial phrase for the barest nothing.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Skin'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/skin.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
