Reference: Leather
Easton
a girdle of, worn by Elijah (2Ki 1:8) and John the Baptist (Mt 3:4). Leather was employed both for clothing (Nu 31:20; Heb 11:37) and for writing upon. The trade of a tanner is mentioned (Ac 9:43; 10:6,32). It was probably learned in Egypt.
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and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' hair, and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'
And they say unto him, 'A man -- hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;' and he saith, 'He is Elijah the Tishbite.'
And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.
and it came to pass, that he remained many days in Joppa, with a certain one, Simon a tanner.
this one doth lodge with a certain Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea; this one shall speak to thee what it behoveth thee to do.'
send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; this one doth lodge in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who having come, shall speak to thee;
they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins -- being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,
Hastings
Morish
Elijah is described as a "hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather." 2Ki 1:8. The same Hebrew word is many times translated 'skin.' In the N.T. John the Baptist had about his loins a 'leathern girdle,' Mt 3:4; or 'of a skin' as in Mr 1:6. We read of Simon a tanner in Ac 9:43; 10:6,32; and the monuments show that the art of tanning was practised in Egypt, so that without doubt it was also known to the Israelites.
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And they say unto him, 'A man -- hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;' and he saith, 'He is Elijah the Tishbite.'
And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,
and it came to pass, that he remained many days in Joppa, with a certain one, Simon a tanner.
this one doth lodge with a certain Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea; this one shall speak to thee what it behoveth thee to do.'
send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; this one doth lodge in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who having come, shall speak to thee;
Smith
Leather.
The notices of leather in the Bible are singularly few; indeed the word occurs but twice in the Authorized Version, and in each instance in reference to the same object, a girdle.
There are, however, other instances in which the word "leather" might with propriety be substituted for "skin."
Though the material itself is seldom noticed, yet we cannot doubt that it was extensively used by the Jews; shoes, bottles, thongs, garments, ropes and other articles were made of it. The art of tanning, however, was held in low esteem by the Jews.
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'And anything on which any one of them falleth, in their death, is unclean, of any vessel of wood or garment or skin or sack, any vessel in which work is done is brought into water, and hath been unclean till the evening, then it hath been clean;
or in the warp, or in the woof, of linen or of wool, or in a skin, or in any work of skin,
and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' hair, and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'
And they say unto him, 'A man -- hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;' and he saith, 'He is Elijah the Tishbite.'
And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.