Words the Bible translates as diadem
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- nezerנֵזֶרa mark of being set apart for God, worn on the head: the state of consecration itself, or the emblem that shows it (a Nazirite's unshorn hair, a priest's gold band, a king's crown).
- diadēmaδιάδημαa royal headband: the cloth band tied around a king's head as the badge of his sovereignty.
- mitsnephetמִצְנֶפֶתa turban: cloth wound around the head as the badge of the highest office, worn by Israel's high priest and, in one prophecy, by her ruler.
- tsephirahצְפִירָהdiadem/doomnot studied yet
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