Bible Dictionary

Nail.

NAIL. 1. of the finger - The direction, Deut 21:12, in regard to the treatment of the captive woman's nails is translated in the text of the A.V. "pare her nails;" in the margin, "suffer to grow." Th…

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

NAIL. 1. V. " The text is probably correct, as the general intention of the treatment was to make her lay aside all belonging to her condition as an alien. Of a tent or house. ) The tent-peg or pin, likewise a stake. Isa 22:25; 2 Chr 33:20; Ex 27:19. That which fastened the cloth in the loom was called a pin. Jud 16:14. , the prince. Zech 10:4. ) A nail of iron, 1 Chr 22:3, or of gold. 2 Chr 3:9.