Hair

Hair, The

The natural covering of the head — Psalm 68:21.

Innumerable — Psalm 40:12; 69:4.

Growth of — Judges 16:22.

God

  • Numbers. — Matthew 10:30.
  • Takes care of. — Daniel 3:27; Luke 21:18.

Black, particularly esteemed — Song 5:11.

White or gray

  • A token of age. — 1 Samuel 12:2; Psalm 71:18.
  • A token of weakness and decay. — Hosea 7:9.
  • An emblem of wisdom. — Daniel 7:9; Job 12:12.
  • With righteousness, a crown of glory. — Proverbs 16:31.
  • To be reverenced. — Leviticus 19:32.

Man cannot even change the colour or — Matthew 5:36.

Of women

  • Worn long for a covering. — 1 Corinthians 11:15.
  • Plaited and broidered. — 1 Timothy 2:9; 1 Peter 3:3.
  • Well set and ornamented. — Isaiah 3:24.
  • Neglected in grief. — Luke 7:38; John 12:3.

Sometimes worn long by men — 2 Samuel 14:26.

Men condemned for wearing long — 1 Corinthians 11:14.

Often expensively anointed — Ecclesiastes 9:8.

Of Nazarites

  • Not to be cut or shorn during their vow. — Numbers 6:5; Judges 16:17,19,20.
  • Shorn after completion of vow. — Numbers 6:18.

Of the healed leper to be shorn — Leviticus 14:9.

Colour of, changed by leprosy — Leviticus 13:3,10.

Cut off in affliction — Jeremiah 7:29.

Plucked out in extreme grief — Ezra 9:3.

Plucking out of, a reproach — Nehemiah 13:25; Isaiah 50:6.

Judgments expressed by

  • Sending baldness for. — Isaiah 3:24; Jeremiah 47:5.
  • Shaving. — Isaiah 7:20.

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