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tire

Meaning of “tire”

Sense 1: A head-dress. Sense 2: To dress, arrange, adorn, or ornament the head or hair.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Ezekiel 24:17

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Ezekiel 24:17
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 24:17 · retained source text

Forbeare to crie, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head vpon thee, and put on thy shooes vpon thy feete, and couer not thy lips, and eate not the bread of men.

1611 marginal noteHeb. be silent.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vpper lip. And so vers.22.

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