3 occurrences

'Sews' in the Bible

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.

Verse ConceptsClothNewnessParables Of ChristSchismsSewingOld ThingsRepairingUnusedWorse

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.

Verse ConceptsNewnessSewingBad SituationsRepairingUnused

He also told them a parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

Verse ConceptsNewnessMendingRepairingUnusedNot Like Things

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
טפל 
Taphal 
forge , forger , sew up
Usage: 3

תּפר 
Taphar 
sew
Usage: 4

ἐπιῤῥάπτω 
Epirrhapto 
sew
Usage: 0

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