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loins

noun (plural)

«loins» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Early Modern English

Meaning

The lower part of the body between the ribs and the thighs; in these texts it also means the body as the source of children. tree →

Then and now

Today "loins" is old-fashioned; we would say "hips" or "waist". In the third sentence it means the descendants of a person.

Examples

And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (Torah GEN.37.34, JPS 1917) tree →
This brown giant was without clothes save for a wild-cat-skin about his loins. (Old Indian Legends) tree →
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already. (Torah EXO.1.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: hips; descendants.

On Mova

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