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( ôָּúַéì , peathil', from being twisted), the blue cord with which the high- priest's breastplate was attached to the ephod (Exo_28:28; Exo_28:37; Exo_39:21; Exo_39:31; rendered "riband" Num_15:38); spoken of gold ' wire" (Exo_39:3), the chain for attaching a cover to its vessel (" bound," Num_19:15); a strong "thread" of tow (Jdg_16:9), or measuring-" lisne" of flax (Eze_40:3); also of the string by which the signet-ring was suspended in the bosom (" bracelet," Gen_38:18); finally ( êëῶóìá , a spun thread, like pathil above, for which it stands in Num_15:36), a cord (Sir_6:30).