Apron

A cloth or leather garment worn around the waist to protect clothes.

Leather apron
Leather apron (© MikiNikoloski, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Apron

About Apron

The apron was a cloth or piece of leather wrapped by a workman around his waist or chest to protect his clothes.

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Key References

Acts 19:12

so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

Ezekiel 23:15

wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.

Matthew 3:4

John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

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Acts 19:12

so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.