International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Curtain

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Curtain


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kur´t'n, -ten, -tin: The word ordinarily used for curtain is יריעה, yerı̄‛āȟ. Thus in ; of the curtains of the tabernacle (see TABERNACLE); in ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .

Figurative: In (like , of the heavens), the word used is דּק, dōḳ, literally, “gauze.