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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Wimples

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Wimple

Isaiah 3:22, (R.V., "shawls"), a wrap or veil. The same Hebrew word is rendered "vail" (R.V., "mantle") in Ruth 3:15.


Naves Topical Index
Wimple

A headdress.
Isaiah 3:22


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Wimple

an old English word for hood or veil, used in the Authorized Version of (Isaiah 3:22) The same Hebrew word is translated "veil" in (Ruth 3:15) but it signifies rather a kind of shawl of mantle.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Wimple

WIMPLE, noun [G., a pendant.] A hood or vail. Isaiah 3:22.

WIMPLE, verb transitive To draw down, as a vail.