International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Shroud
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Shroud
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shroud (חרש×, hÌ£oÌ„resh, “boughâ€): Winding-sheet for the dead. See BURIAL. Used in the King James Version, the English Revised Version in the rare old sense of “shelter,†“covering.†the American Standard Revised Version has “a forest-like shade†חרש×, hÌ£oÌ„resh, “wood,†“wooded heightâ€) (, etc.). Compare Milton, Comus, 147.