THE FULL ARTICLE — from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

broid'-erd:

(1) riqmah, "variegation of color" (Eze 16:10,13,18; 26:16; 27:7,16,24);

(2) tashbets, "checkered stuff" (as reticulated). The high priest's garments consisted of "a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat (Ex 28:4 the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) "a coat of checker work"), a miter, and a girdle";

(3) plegma, "twined or plaited work" (1Ti 2:9 the King James Version).

See BRAIDED; EMBROIDERY.