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kū´ri-us (מחש×בת, mahÌ£ăshebheth; πεÏιÌεÏγος, perıÌergos): The above Hebrew word, meaning “thought,†“device,†“design,†is translated “curious,†the King James Version “curious worksâ€; the English Revised Version “cunningâ€; the American Standard Revised Version “skilfulâ€; hÌ£eÌ„shebh (“device,†“devised workâ€), translated the King James Version “curious girdle,†is translated by the English Revised Version “cunningly woven band,†the American Standard Revised Version “skilfully†(, , ; ; , , ; ). In raÌ„kÌ£am, “embroidered,†“variegated†is used figuratively of a child in the womb, translated “curiously wroughtâ€; “the body or the fetus is described as woven together of so many different-colored threads, like a cunning and beautiful network or tapestry†(Perowne in the place cited.). See also CURDLE. Periergos, “working round about,†is used of the “curious arts†of some in Ephesus who brought their books to be burned ( the American Standard Revised Version “magicalâ€). See ASTROLOGY 14.