Strong's Hebrew · H6809
צָעִיף
tsâʻîyph · tsaw-eef'
Definitiona veil
Derivationfrom an unused root meaning to wrap over;
KJV usagevail.
Occurrences3 in the KJV · 3 verses
צָעִיף in Scripture
Genesis 24:65
For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
Genesis 38:14
And she put her widow' s garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
Genesis 38:19
And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.