ATAVIOS – Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Ornamentation, personal adornments. Both Israelite men and women used, in addition to clothing, various things, such as hair clips, earrings, rings in the nose and ears, etc. It is said of † ¢ Jezebel that when she heard that † ¢ Jehu was coming to Jezreel, † “she painted her eyes with antimony, and adorned his head † (2Ki 9:30). Everything Esther asked for was given to her “to come adorned with it” to appear before King Ahasuerus (Esther 2:13). Give to. to the bride it is an expression of love and care (Eze 16:11-13). The † ¢ new Jerusalem appears as a bride adorned for her husband (Rev 21:2). Christian women must take care of their a., ensuring that it † œis not the external one of ostentatious hairstyles, gold ornaments or luxurious dresses, but the internal one, that of the heart…. For those holy women also adorned themselves…† , says the apostle Peter (1Pe 3:1-6).

Source: Christian Bible Dictionary

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