Hair, The

The natural covering of the head — Ps 68:21.

Innumerable — Ps 40:12; 69:4.

Growth of — Jdj 16:22.

God

Numbers. — Mt 10:30.

Takes care of. — Da 3:27; Lu 21:18.

Black, particularly esteemed — Song 5:11.

White or gray

A token of age. — 1Sa 12:2; Ps 71:18.

A token of weakness and decay. — Ho 7:9.

An emblem of wisdom. — Da 7:9; Job 12:12.

With righteousness, a crown of glory. — Pr 16:31.

To be reverenced. — Le 19:32.

Man cannot even change the colour or — Mt 5:36.

Of women

Worn long for a covering. — 1Co 11:15.

Plaited and broidered. — 1Ti 2:9; 1Pe 3:3.

Well set and ornamented. — Isa 3:24.

Neglected in grief. — Lu 7:38; Joh 12:3.

Sometimes worn long by men — 2Sa 14:26.

Men condemned for wearing long — 1Co 11:14.

Often expensively anointed — Ec 9:8.

Of Nazarites

Not to be cut or shorn during their vow. — Nu 6:5; Jdj 16:17,19,20.

Shorn after completion of vow. — Nu 6:18.

Of the healed leper to be shorn — Le 14:9.

Colour of, changed by leprosy — Le 13:3,10.

Cut off in affliction — Jer 7:29.

Plucked out in extreme grief — Ezr 9:3.

Plucking out of, a reproach — Ne 13:25; Isa 50:6.

Judgments expressed by

Sending baldness for. — Isa 3:24; Jer 47:5.

Shaving. — Isa 7:20.