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Tires

“To tire” the head is to adorn it (2 Kings 9:30). As a noun the word is derived from “tiara,” and is the rendering of the Heb. p’er, a “turban” or an ornament for the head (Ezek. 24:17; R.V., “headtire;” 24:23). In Isa. 3:18 the word saharonim is rendered “round tires like the moon,” and in Judg. 8:21, 26 “ornaments,” but in both cases “crescents” in the Revised Version.

In the Bible

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Verses where Tires is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Ezekiel 24:23

    Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.

  • Isaiah 3:18

    In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

Tires references

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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