Beautiful Mantle from Shinar (אַדֶּ֣רֶת שִׁנְעָר֩ אַחַ֨ת טוֹבָ֜ה, addereth shin'ar achath tovah). One of the items of value Achan hid, against the will of God (Josh 7:21).
BABYLONISH GARMENT. (Heb. “mantle of Shinar”) Shinar was the name by which the Israelites knew Babylonia. The garment stolen by Achan (Jos 7) cannot be described exactly but probably was very fine embroidered cloth, woven entirely of gold thread.
Babylonish garment, literally “robe of Shinar,” Josh. 7:21; an ample robe, probably made of the skin or fur of an animal, comp. Gen. 25:25, and ornamented with embroidery, or perhaps a variegated garment with figures inwoven in the fashion for which the Babylonians were celebrated.
BEAUTIFUL MANTLE FROM SHINAR (Heb., “cloak of Shinar [or Babylon]”). An ample robe with figures of men and animals either embroidered or interwoven in the fashion for which the Babylonians were noted. It came to mean a valuable piece of clothing in general (Josh. 7:21).
BABYLONISH MANTLE<man’-tl> (the King James Version Babylonish Garment): One of the articles taken by Achan from the spoil of Jericho (Joshua 7:21). In the Hebrew “a mantle of Shinar.” Entirely gratuitous is the suggested correction of Shinar to [sèar], making “a hairy mantle.” The Greek has [psilen
Babʹy-loʹnish Garʹment (Josh. 7:21). This, in the original Hebrew, is literally “robe of Shinar.” It designated an ample robe, made, probably, of the skin or fur of an animal and ornamented with embroidery, or perhaps it was a robe or garment variegated with figures inwoven, in the fashion for which
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Babylonish garment.KJV rendering of ʾadderet šinʿārH168 + H9114, “mantle of Shinar,” one of the articles taken by Achan from the spoils of Jericho (Josh. 7:21; NIV, “a beautiful robe from Babylonia”). The term ʾadderet, which can also mean “glory” (Zech. 11:3NRSV; cf. Ezek. 17:8), is used of Elijah’s
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BABYLONISH MANTLE,manʹt’l (AV Babylonish Garment): One of the articles taken by Achan from the spoil of Jericho (Josh 7:21). In the Heb “a mantle of Shinar.” Entirely gratuitous is the suggested correction of Shinar to sē‛ār, making “a hairy mantle.” The Gr has psilḗn poikílēn, which Jos apparently