Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc. 2. (n.) A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. 3. (n.) A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an ornament of dress. 4. (n.) Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. 5. (v. t.) To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces. 6. (v. t.) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver. 7. (v. t.) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. 8. (v. t.) To add spirits to (a beverage). 9. (v. i.) To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LACE las (pathil, variously rendered in Genesis 38:18, 25 Exodus 39:3 Numbers 15:38; Numbers 19:15 Judges 16:9 Ezekiel 40:3): In modern English the noun "lace" usually denotes a delicate ornamental fabric, but in the word in the sense of "that which binds" is still in perfectly good use, especially in such combinations as "shoelace" etc. It is this latter significance that is found in Exodus 28:28 ("They shall bind.... with a lace of blue"); 28:37:00; 39:21, 31, and in Sirach 6:30 the King James Version, klosma (the Revised Version (British and American) "riband").

Multi-Version Concordance Lace (7 Occurrences) Genesis 38:18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy lace, and thy staff which is in thy hand. And he gave it her, and went in to her; and she conceived by him. (DBY) Genesis 38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man to whom these belong am I with child; and she said, Acknowledge, I pray thee, whose are this signet, and this lace, and this staff. (DBY) Exodus 28:28 They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV) Exodus 28:37 You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash; on the front of the sash it shall be. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV) Exodus 39:21 They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV) Exodus 39:31 They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as Yahweh commanded Moses. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV) Numbers 15:38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them tassels on the corners of their garments, throughout their generations, and that they attach to the tassel of the corners a lace of blue; (DBY)