King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1434
Transliteration: gedil
Phonetic Spelling: (ghed-eel')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: twisted threads
Meaning: thread, a tassel, festoon
Word Summary
gedil: twisted threads
Original Word: גְּדִלTransliteration: gedil
Phonetic Spelling: (ghed-eel')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: twisted threads
Meaning: thread, a tassel, festoon
Strong's Concordance
fringe, wreath From gadal (in the sense of twisting); thread, i.e. A tassel or festoon -- fringe, wreath.
see HEBREW gadal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1434. gedil
גְּדִלִים noun [masculine] plural twisted threads (Late Hebrew גְּדִיל, Babylonian gidlu, cord on which onions were strung, a string of onions, ZehnpfBAS i. 511; Aramaic גְּדִילָא, thread, cord, rope, also plaited locks, id.) —
1 tassels Deuteronomy 22:12 on border of garment ("" צִיצִת Numbers 15:38-39,).
2 festoons, on capitals of columns 1 Kings 7:17.