Dictionary entry

Hood

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hood (zeniphoth): The ladies' "hoods" ofIsa 3:23the King James Version appear as "turbans" the Revised Version (British and American); and "mitre" ofZec 3:5is "turban, or diadem" the English Revised Version, margin. The word is from the verb zanaph, "to wrap round." It connotes a head-covering, not a permanent article of dress.

See DRESS, sec. 5; HAT.