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TURBAN

A headdress made of cloth and wound around the head. Heb. pĕʾēr is a term for headgear in general, including ceremonial garlands (Isa. 3:20; 61:3, 10); it is used once for the high priest’s linen turban (Ezek. 44:18). Removal of one’s head covering was a normal part of mourning practices (cf. Ezek. 24:17, 23).

Another general word for headgear is Heb. ṣānîp, which is used for the turban of the ordinary free male (Job. 29:14; Isa. 3:23), the high priest’s turban (Zech. 3:5), and a royal crown (Isa. 62:3).

A linen turban (Heb. miṣnepeṯ) was worn by Israel’s high priest (Exod. 28:4, 39). Attached to this turban was a gold pendant or diadem inscribed “Holy to the Lord” (Exod. 28:36-38; 29:6; 39:30; Lev. 8:9; Sir. 45:12). Priests other than the high priest wore “caps” of fine linen ([paʾărê ham]migbaʿōṯ; Exod. 28:40; 29:9; 39:28; Lev. 8:13), perhaps similar to fezzes. At a later time all the priests apparently wore turbans (Gk. kídaris; Jdt. 4:15).

Richard E. Menninger






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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