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wool

Meaning of “wool”

The soft, fleece-like hair of sheep, used as material and as a comparison for whiteness, softness, or something moth-eaten.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
14 occurrences14 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Judges 6:37

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Hosea 2:5
For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
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1611 witness · Hosea 2:5 · retained source text

For their mother hath played the harlot: shee that conceiued them hath done shamefully: for shee sayd, I will goe after my louers, that giue me my bread and my water, my wooll and my flaxe, mine oyle, and my drinke.

1611 marginal noteHeb. drinks

Hosea 2:9
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
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1611 witness · Hosea 2:9 · retained source text

Therefore will I returne, and take away my Corne in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and wil recouer my wooll and my flaxe giuen to couer her nakednesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, take away.

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The soft hair or fleece of sheep and certain other animals.

volume 2, leaf 941, column 1 (main_dictionary)