KJV dictionary & concordance
The edge or border of a garment, commonly folded or finished to prevent raveling.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 28:33
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
¶ And beneath vpon the hemme of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blew, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hemme thereof, and belles of gold betweene them round about.
1611 marginal noteOr, skirts.
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, vpon the hemme of the robe round about.
And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;
And they made belles of pure gold, and put the belles betweene the pomegranates, vpon the hemme of the robe, round about betweene the pomegranates.
1611 marginal noteChap. 28.33.
A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the Lord commanded Moses.
A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate round about the hemme of the robe to minister in, as the LORD commanded Moses.
¶ And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
(¶ And behold, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeeres, came behinde him, and touched the hemme of his garment.
And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
And besought him, that they might onely touch the hemme of his garment; and as many as touched, were made perfectly whole.
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