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The concept of a clasp is most prominently featured in the construction of the Tabernacle, as described in the Book of Exodus. The Tabernacle, a portable earthly dwelling place of God among the Israelites, required precise and detailed craftsmanship, including the use of clasps to hold its curtains together.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/exodus/26-6.htm">Exodus 26:6</a> :</b> "Make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit." This verse highlights the use of gold clasps to join the curtains of the Tabernacle, emphasizing the importance of unity and cohesion in the structure that symbolized God's presence among His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/exodus/26-11.htm">Exodus 26:11</a> :</b> "Then make fifty bronze clasps and put them in the loops to join the tent together as a unit." Here, bronze clasps are used to join the tent, indicating a different material for a different part of the Tabernacle, yet still serving the purpose of unity and structural integrity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/exodus/36-13.htm">Exodus 36:13</a> :</b> "They made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit." This verse reiterates the function of the gold clasps in ensuring that the Tabernacle was a unified structure, reflecting the meticulous obedience to God's instructions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/exodus/36-18.htm">Exodus 36:18</a> :</b> "They made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit." Similar to <a href="/exodus/26-11.htm">Exodus 26:11</a>, this verse underscores the use of bronze clasps in the assembly of the tent, maintaining the theme of unity.<br><br><b>Symbolic Significance:</b><br><br>The use of clasps in the Tabernacle construction carries symbolic significance. The clasps, whether gold or bronze, represent the unity and completeness of God's dwelling place. They serve as a reminder of the importance of following divine instructions with precision and care. The materials used—gold and bronze—also reflect the value and sanctity of the Tabernacle, with gold often symbolizing purity and divinity, and bronze representing strength and endurance.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b><br><br>From a theological perspective, the clasps in the Tabernacle can be seen as a metaphor for the unity of the body of believers. Just as the clasps held the Tabernacle together, the teachings and love of Christ hold the Church together. The meticulous attention to detail in the construction of the Tabernacle, including the use of clasps, underscores the importance of order, obedience, and reverence in worship and community life.<br><br>In summary, the biblical concept of a clasp, while seemingly a minor detail, plays a crucial role in the construction and symbolism of the Tabernacle. It reflects themes of unity, obedience, and the sacredness of God's dwelling among His people.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To enclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.<p>3. (<I>v. t.</I>) To surround and cling to; to entwine about.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.<p>5. (<I>n.</I>) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4023.htm"><span class="l">4023. periecho -- to surround</span></a> <br><b>...</b> contain. From peri and echo; to hold all around, ie Include, <b>clasp</b> (figuratively) -- +<br> astonished, contain, after (this manner). see GREEK peri. see GREEK echo. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4023.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4815.htm"><span class="l">4815. sullambano -- to collect, ie to take, by impl. to take part <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> From sun and lambano; to <b>clasp</b>, ie Seize (arrest, capture); specially, to conceive<br> (literally or figuratively); by implication, to aid -- catch, conceive, help <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4815.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2263.htm"><span class="l">2263. chabaq -- to <b>clasp</b>, embrace</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2262, 2263. chabaq. 2264 . to <b>clasp</b>, embrace. Transliteration: chabaq Phonetic<br> Spelling: (khaw-bak') Short Definition: embrace. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2263.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3943.htm"><span class="l">3943. laphath -- to twist, turn, grasp with a twisting motion</span></a><br><b>...</b> A primitive root; properly, to bend, ie (by implication) to <b>clasp</b>; also (reflexively)<br> to turn around or aside -- take hold, turn aside (self). 3942, 3943. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3943.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3920.htm"><span class="l">3920. lakad -- to capture, seize, take</span></a><br><b>...</b> Definition to capture, seize, take NASB Word Usage capture (9), captured (57), captures<br> (4), captures at all (1), catch (2), caught (12), <b>clasp</b> (1), imprisoned <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3920.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6781.htm"><span class="l">6781. tsamiyd -- bracelet</span></a><br><b>...</b> bracelet, covering Or tsamid {tsaw-meed'}; from tsamad; a bracelet or arm-<b>clasp</b>;<br> generally, a lid -- bracelet, covering. see HEBREW tsamad. 6780, 6781. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6781.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/francis/treatise_on_the_love_of_god/chapter_i_how_love_effects.htm"><span class="l">How Love Effects the Union of the Soul with God in Prayer.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But to squeeze and press together, a strong application must be made, which increases<br> and augments the union; so that to <b>clasp</b> together is to join strongly and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter i how love effects.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/holding_fast_and_held_fast.htm"><span class="l">Holding Fast and Held Fast</span></a> <br><b>...</b> in slippery places, is simple reliance, or, to use the New Testament word, 'faith,'<br> 'Believe and ye shall be established.' Put out your hand and <b>clasp</b> Him, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/holding fast and held fast.htm</font><p><a href="/library/trotter/parables_of_the_cross/death_to_lawful_things_is.htm"><span class="l">Death to Lawful Things is the Way Out into a Life of Surrender.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The little hands of the calyx <b>clasp</b> tightly in the bud, round the beautiful petals;<br> in the young flower their grasp grows more elastic"loosening somewhat in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../trotter/parables of the cross/death to lawful things is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/orr/how_to_live_a_holy_life/devotion_to_god.htm"><span class="l">Devotion to God.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> move. Oh, how we long to <b>clasp</b> our arms more tightly about him! how we<br> long to have him <b>clasp</b> his arms more tightly about us! how <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/orr/how to live a holy life/devotion to god.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/repentance_and_victory.htm"><span class="l">Repentance and victory</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The hands that would <b>clasp</b> Him, and be upheld by the <b>clasp</b>, must be emptied of trifles.<br> To yield ourselves wholly to God is the secret of strength. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/repentance and victory.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/the_secret_of_victory.htm"><span class="l">The Secret of victory</span></a> <br><b>...</b> If each fresh difficulty or danger makes us tighten our <b>clasp</b> of Him, and lean the<br> harder on Him, it has done its highest service to us, and we have conquered <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the secret of victory.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_prince_of_life.htm"><span class="l">The Prince of Life</span></a> <br><b>...</b> There by the empty tomb, the strong heavenly and the weak earthly lovers of the<br> risen King meet together, and <b>clasp</b> hands of help, the pledge and first-fruits <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the prince of life.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/a_gluttonous_man_and_a.htm"><span class="l">A Gluttonous Man and a Winebibber</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Awe and mystery and reverence and hope and trust <b>clasp</b> that fact, in which<br> prejudice and dislike could only find occasion for a calumny. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/a gluttonous man and a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_x_the_debt_of.htm"><span class="l">The Debt of Israel</span></a> <br><b>...</b> soft neck. Almost in tears she undid the <b>clasp</b> and flung the collar away.<br> It <b>...</b> from him. "Nay," he went on, retaining his <b>clasp</b>. "Let <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter x the debt of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/christs_touch.htm"><span class="l">Christ's Touch</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of our flesh and hearts' desires, the leprosy of our many corruptions, and the death<br> of our sins,"and to hold us ever in the strong, gentle <b>clasp</b> of His <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/christs touch.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/c/clasp.htm"><span class="l"><b>Clasp</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vt) To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a <b>clasp</b>; to shut or fasten<br> (a <b>clasp</b>, or that which fastens with a <b>clasp</b>). <b>...</b><b>Clasp</b> (2 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/clasp.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/embrace.htm"><span class="l">Embrace (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) To <b>clasp</b> in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. <b>...</b> (n.) Intimate<br> or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; <b>clasp</b>; hug. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/embrace.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fold.htm"><span class="l">Fold (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (vt) To enclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to enfold; to<br><b>clasp</b>; to embrace. 4. (vt) To cover or wrap up; to conceal. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fold.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lock.htm"><span class="l">Lock (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 13. (vt) To link together; to <b>clasp</b> closely; as, to lock arms. 14. (vt) To furnish<br> with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock. 15. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lock.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/folding.htm"><span class="l">Folding (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> helisso): The verb occurs only 3 times in the King James Version, and in each instance<br> represents a different word; we have chabhaq "to <b>clasp</b>" (Ecclesiastes 4:5 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/folding.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bracelet.htm"><span class="l">Bracelet (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> bracelets. (4.) In Exodus 35:22 it designates properly a <b>clasp</b> for fastening<br> the dress of females. Some interpret it as a nose-ring. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bracelet.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/clashing.htm"><span class="l">Clashing (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/clashing.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cope.htm"><span class="l">Cope (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet,<br> and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or <b>clasp</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cope.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/clip.htm"><span class="l">Clip (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6. (n.) A cutting; a shearing. 7. (n.) The product of a single shearing of sheep;<br> a season's crop of wool. 8. (n.) A <b>clasp</b> or holder for letters, papers, etc. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/clip.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/clasps.htm"><span class="l">Clasps (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> As to the nature of the <b>clasp</b> itself, it seems to have belonged to a double set<br> of loops, opposite to each other, to one of which in each set, required to be <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/clasps.htm - 10k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://clyx.com/term/clasp.htm">Clasp: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Clasp (2 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/41-17.htm">Job 41:17</a></span><br />They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Isaiah 2:6</a></span><br />For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, with those who practice divination like the Philistines, and they <span class="boldtext">clasp</span> hands with the children of foreigners.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/c/clasp.htm">Clasp</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bowing.htm">Bowing (35 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/clasping.htm">Clasping (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/clasp.htm">Clasp (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/suddenly.htm">Suddenly (87 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/meet.htm">Meet (281 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bow.htm">Bow (248 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/genesis.htm">Genesis</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/ground.htm">Ground (538 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/peace.htm">Peace (523 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/joash.htm">Joash (49 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jehoash.htm">Jehoash (28 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/c/clashing.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Clashing"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Clashing" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/c/clasped.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Clasped"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Clasped" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>