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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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shroud ( חרשׁ , ḥōresh , "bough"): Winding-sheet for the dead. See BURIAL . Used in the King James Version, the English Revised Version Ezekiel 31:3 in the rare old sense of "shelter," "covering." the American Standard Revised Version has "a forest-like shade" חרשׁ , ḥōresh , "wood," "wooded height") (Isaiah 17:9 , etc.). Compare Milton, Comus , 147.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Shroud'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​s/shroud.html. 1915.
 
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