Word study
Woven
8 Hebrew and 1 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with “woven”. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “woven” or one of its forms.
Compare the Hebrew words side by side
Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- חֵשֶׁב chêshebingenious worktranslated this way 6 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s H2805Noun · Translated: woven waistband 3, skillfully woven waistband 2, waistband 2, tied the woven band 1Full study and all 8 verses →
Exodus 28:8 And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod must be of one piece, of the same workmanship — with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
Leviticus 8:7 He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened it to him.
- שְׂרָד serâdplaited or braided worktranslated this way 4 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H8278Noun · Translated: woven 3, specially woven 1Full study and all 4 verses →
Exodus 31:10 as well as the woven garments, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests,
Exodus 35:19 and the woven garments for ministering in the holy place— both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”
- תַּשְׁבֵּץ tashbêtschequered (or plaited) worktranslated this way 1 time of its 1 use · Strong’s H8665Noun · Translated: woven 1Full study and its 1 verse →
Exodus 28:4 These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests.
- מַעֲשֶׂה maăsehdeed, worktranslated this way 1 time of its 223 uses · Strong’s H4639Noun · Translated: work 71, works 38, deeds 8, made 7Full study and all 211 verses →
Exodus 28:32 with an opening at its top in the center. Around the opening shall be a woven collar with an opening like that of a garment, so that it will not tear.
- יַחַד yachadunitednesstranslated this way 1 time of its 120 uses · Strong’s H3162Adverb · Translated: together 76, both 6, alike 4, all 3Full study and all 119 verses →
Deuteronomy 22:11 Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
- אָרַג âragweavetranslated this way 1 time of its 12 uses · Strong’s H707Verb · Translated: like a weaver's 4, weavers 2, weaver 2, weave 2Full study and all 12 verses →
2 Kings 23:7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
- עָלָה âlâhgo up, ascend, climbtranslated this way 1 time of its 873 uses · Strong’s H5927Verb · Translated: go 118, went 107, brought 56, come 42Full study and all 807 verses →
- רָקַם râqamvariegatetranslated this way 1 time of its 9 uses · Strong’s H7551Verb · Translated: embroidered 6, embroiderers 1, embroiderer 1, woven together 1Full study and all 9 verses →
Psalm 139:15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Greek words (New Testament)
- ὑφαντός hyphantóswoventranslated this way 1 time of its 1 use · Strong’s G5307Adjective · Translated: woven 1Full study and its 1 verse →
John 19:23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.