Thematic Bible: Girdles


Thematic Bible



And I will clothe him with thy robe and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Verse ConceptsRobesHuman Authority, Nature OfSpiritual FathersPeople Lacking Authority


Pass by as a river from thy land, O daughter of Tarshish; for thou shalt have no more strength.

Moreover thou knowest also what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me and what he did to the two captains of the host of Israel, unto Abner, the son of Ner and unto Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he slew, shedding the blood of war in peace and putting the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins and in his shoes that were on his feet. Verse ConceptsBeltsSandalsShedding

Thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go and buy thee a linen girdle and put it upon thy loins, and thou shalt not put it in water. Verse ConceptsLinenWaistsLinen Items

For as the girdle cleaves to the loins of a man, so I have caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people and for fame, and for a praise, and for honour; but they did not hear. Verse ConceptsListeningWaistsPraise, Reasons ForClinging To GodThings Stuck TogetherRefusing To HearElect

Blessed are those slaves, whom the lord when he comes shall find watching; verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to food and will come forth and serve them. Verse ConceptsTablesCharacter Of SaintsClothing OneselfReclining To EatChrist Telling The TruthWaiting Till Marriageluck

arose from the supper and laid aside his garments and took a towel and girded himself. Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping Off

And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup and gird thyself and serve me until I have eaten and drunken, and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? Verse ConceptsClothing OneselfEating And DrinkingPreparing Food

and in the midst of the seven lampstands one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girt about the breasts with a golden girdle. Verse ConceptsThe Golden LampstandJesus As Son Of ManChestsFine ClothesGold OrnamentsLike Men

and the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. Verse ConceptsCleanliness, Metaphorical UseLinenSevenSeven SpiritsSeven ThingsWhite And Bright ClothesGold OrnamentsAngels Doing God's WorkThe Temple In Heavenlukewarm

Jod The elders of the daughter of Zion sat upon the ground and are silent: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth; the daughters of Jerusalem hung their heads down to the ground. Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent

And it shall come to pass that instead of sweet perfumes, there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent and instead of well-set hair baldness and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth and burning instead of beauty. Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

For the builders, each one had his sword girded by his side, and so they built. And he that sounded the shofar was by me. Verse ConceptsInstrumentalistsFamily Conflictvulnerabilityrebuilding

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came out and met them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in its sheath, and as he went forth, it fell out. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionBronze Armour

Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins and take my staff in thy hand and go; if thou meet anyone, salute him not; and if anyone salutes thee, answer him not again, and lay my staff upon the face of the child. Verse ConceptsBeltsGreetingsHastePreparing For ActionDo Not Greet

And the hand of the LORD was upon Elijah, who girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. Verse ConceptsBeltsWaistsPower, HumanRunningTranceGod's HandOutrunningPreparing For ActionGod's Hands On PeopleGifts Of Supernatural StrengthRace

And I will clothe him with thy robe and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Verse ConceptsRobesHuman Authority, Nature OfSpiritual FathersPeople Lacking Authority


And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree

And they answered him, He was a hairy man and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah, the Tishbite. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsHairsAnimal SkinsHairy PeopleHairclothHair Garments

None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken; Verse ConceptsBeltsSleeplessnessNot StumblingOrderly Army

arose from the supper and laid aside his garments and took a towel and girded himself. Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping Off

Provide neither gold nor silver nor money in your girdles, Verse ConceptsCopperBeltsPursesBrassLacking MoneyMoney Boxcats

and commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey except a staff only: no provision bag, no bread, no money in their purse; Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofBeltsLacking MoneyNot EquippedSaving Money

and in the midst of the seven lampstands one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girt about the breasts with a golden girdle. Verse ConceptsThe Golden LampstandJesus As Son Of ManChestsFine ClothesGold OrnamentsLike Men


And Joab replied unto the man that told him, Behold, when thou didst see him, why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? I would have given thee ten shekels of silver and a girdle. Verse ConceptsArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionPeople Giving Clothes

Samech She made fine linen and sold it and delivered girdles unto the merchant. Verse ConceptsLinenMerchantsWomen WorkingMoney Management

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him and gave it to David and his garments, even to his sword and to his bow and to his girdle. Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourBeltsRobesArmor ProtectionDressPeople Giving ClothesPeople Stripping Offarmor

I clothed thee also with broidered work and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I clothed thee with silk. Verse ConceptsBarefeetCoveringBadgersClothembroideryLinenSandalsShoesAnimal SkinsGod Clothing PeopleThe Brides Wedding Dressroyalty

also the girdle of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet of needlework, as the LORD commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsembroideryRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet



Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness; Verse ConceptsdanceMourning Turned To JoyWorship, Elements OfDancingRestored JoyClothed With Good ThingsGod Stripping PeopleNot MourningDisappointmentjoyful

And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lies toward the north, and each man had a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen with a writer's inkhorn by his side; and they went in and stood beside the brazen altar. Verse ConceptsSix PeopleComing To GatesFacing NorthWriting On ObjectsWeapons Of GodSetting Up The Bronze AltarDeath Penalty For Killing