The meaning of Eyelid in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
i'-lid: Eyes and eyelids in Hebrew are sometimes used synonymously, as in the parallelism of Proverbs 4:25 (compare Proverbs 6:4; Proverbs 30:13):
"Let thine eyes look right on,
And let thine eyelids look straight before thee."
(Compare Job 41:18; Psalms 11:4; Jeremiah 9:18.) The alluring power of the wanton woman is conceived of as centered in her eyes (Proverbs 6:25; Isaiah 3:16): "Neither let her take thee with her eyelids." Painting the eyelids was resorted to to intensify the beauty, antimony (which see) being used for darkening the lashes (II Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 23:40).
George B. Eager
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