Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A fabric upon which colored threads are woven, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery. 2. (v. t.) To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TAPESTRY tap'-es-tri (marebhaddim, from rabhadh, "to spread"): "Carpets of tapestry" are mentioned in Proverbs 7:16; Proverbs 31:22. We have no means of knowing just what form of weaving is here referred to. See WEAVING.

Multi-Version Concordance Tapestry (3 Occurrences) Proverbs 7:16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS) Proverbs 31:22 She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple. (WEB KJV ASV WBS) Song of Songs 7:5 Your head is like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple, in whose net the king is prisoner. (See NIV)