Mentioned only Ezekiel 13:18,21 , as an article of apparel or ornament applied to the head of the idolatrous women of Israel. The precise meaning of the word is uncertain. It appears to have been a long loose shawl, such as Oriental women wrap themselves in (Ruth 3:15; Isaiah 3:22 ). Some think that it was a long veil or head-dress, denoting by its form the position of those who wore it.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Kerchief'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/k/kerchief.html. 1897.

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