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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Garnish:

overlay with stones (2Ch 3:6), adorn (Rev 21:19), deck with garlands (Mat 23:29), furnish (12:44).

In Job 26:13 (Heb. shiphrah, meaning "brightness"), "By his spirit the heavens are brightness" i.e., are bright, splendid, beautiful.

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Garnish:

gar'-nish (tsippah, shiphrah; kosmeo): The word is used twice in the Old Testament. In 2Ch 3:6, tsippah means "to overlay," or "to plate." Thus, he "garnished" the house or "overlaid" it, "studded" it, with precious stones, and thus adorned and beautified it. In Job 26:13, shiphrah is a feminine noun meaning "fairness," "beauty," "brilliancy." "By his Spirit the heavens are garnished," i.e. the clouds are driven off by the wind or breath of Yahweh, and the sky made bright and clear.

In the New Testament (Mt 12:44; 23:29) the word kosmeo means "set in order," "make ready," "adorn," etc. In Mt 25:7 it is translated "trimmed," and in Re 21:19 "adorned."

Written by James Josiah Reeve

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g2885 Greek: kosmeo

Garnish:

is translated by the verb "to garnish" in Mat 12:44; 23:29; Luk 11:25; and in the AV of Rev 21:19.
See ADORN.

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