Fashion

fash ́un (משׁפט, mishpāṭ; σχῆμα, schḗma, the make, pattern, shape, manner or appearance of a thing (from Latin faction-em, “a making,” through Old French facon, fachon)): In the Old Testament the noun “fashion” represents 3 Hebrew words:

(1) Mishpāṭ = literally, “judgment,” hence, judicial sentence, right, custom, manner; usually translated “judgment” (very frequent), but also a few times “sentence,” “cause,” “charge,” and more frequently “manner” (nearly 40 times in the King James Version). In 3 passages it is translated “fashion,” in the sense of style, shape, make, in each case of a building or part of a building (Exodus 26:30; 1 Kings 6:38; Ezekiel 42:11).

(2) Ṭekhūnāh = literally, “arrangement,” “adjustment” (compare tākhan, “to set right,” “adjust,” from kūn, hēkhīn, “to set up,” “establish”); Ezekiel 43:11, “the form of the house, and the fashion thereof.” A cognate word in the preceding verse is translated “pattern” (the Revised Version, margin “sum”).

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Author: International Std. Bible Encyclopedia

Keywords: Fashion

Source: James Orr (editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5 volume set.

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