McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Swaddle

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Swaddle


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( çָúִì , to bandage, óðáñãáíüù ; but èָôִç , in Lamentations 2:23, means to bear, upon the palm), to swathe an infant with cloths in order to keep its tender limbs from injury, a practice common in the East (Eze_16:4; Luk_2:7). SEE BIRTH.