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laÌ„s (פּתיל, paÌ„thı̄l, variously rendered in , ; ; ; ; ; ): In modern English the noun “lace†usually denotes a delicate ornamental fabric, but in the word in the sense of “that which binds†is still in perfectly good use, especially in such combinations as “shoelace†etc. It is this latter significance that is found in (“They shall bind ... with a lace of blueâ€); ; , , and in Sirach 6:30 the King James Version, κλῶσμα, kloÌ„Ìsma (the Revised Version (British and American) “ribandâ€).