Thing

Garland

Human-made Things in the Bible

The garland was a wreath of wool to which leaves and flowers might be added and either wound around a staff or woven into a circle to be worn on the head.

Pictures

Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor (Boscoreale, Roman, ca. 50–40 BCE)Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public domain

How it was used

Garlands were an important part of the ritual involved in the worship of pagan gods in the ancient world. As in , the flowers were draped around animals to be sacrificed.

In the Bible

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

στέμμα stemma · 1 verse

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Also in Clothing

Clothing (generic)248 verses Outer garment, cloak, mantle, robe161 verses Shirt, tunic44 verses Loincloth2 verses Animal skin83 verses Waistband, sash, belt34 verses Headdress, turban, hat11 verses Wreath, crown32 verses Apron1 verse Phylactery1 verse Veil19 verses Sandal, shoe40 verses Wristband, magic charm2 verses Widow’s clothing5 verses Cloth for wrapping a baby5 verses

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