'Waist' in the Bible

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

Make them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; they must extend from the waist to the thighs.

They were at the great stone in Gibeon when Amasa joined them. Joab was wearing his uniform and over it was a belt around his waist with a sword in its sheath. As he approached, the sword fell out.

They replied, “A hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.”He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”

Each of the builders had his sword strapped around his waist while he was building, and the trumpeter was beside me.

Your navel is a rounded bowl;it never lacks mixed wine.Your waist is a mound of wheatsurrounded by lilies.

Righteousness will be a belt around His loins;faithfulness will be a belt around His waist.

Just as underwear clings to one’s waist, so I fastened the whole house of Israel and of Judah to Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“so that they might be My people for My fame, praise, and glory, but they would not obey.

Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.

From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire enclosing it all around. From what seemed to be His waist down, I also saw what looked like fire. There was a brilliant light all around Him.

I looked, and there was a form that had the appearance of a man. From what seemed to be His waist down was fire, and from His waist up was something that looked bright, like the gleam of amber.

Then he measured off a third of a mile and led me through the water. It came up to my knees. He measured off another third of a mile and led me through the water. It came up to my waist.

I looked up, and there was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of gold from Uphaz around his waist.

John himself had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.

Stand, therefore,with truth like a belt around your waist,righteousness like armor on your chest,