Thing

Wreath, crown

Human-made Things in the Bible

The wreath was a ring consisting either of foliage or of precious metals formed to resemble foliage and worn around the top of the head as a symbol of honor or victory, or as a badge of high office. For the crown of royalty, see Crown.

Pictures

Man wearing wreath
Man wearing wreathPublic Domain Wikimedia Commons

In the Bible

The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used

לִוְיָה liwyah · 2 verses
צְפִירָה tsefirah · 1 verse
κισσός kissos · 1 verse
στεφανηφορέω stefanēforeō (verb) · 1 verse
στέφανος, στεφανόω stefanos, stefanoō (verb) · 25 verses
στέφος stefos · 1 verse
στέφω stefō (verb) · 1 verse

Also in Clothing

Sources

Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema