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In biblical literature, the concept of being "wrapped" often carries both literal and metaphorical significance. The term can refer to physical coverings, such as garments or burial cloths, as well as spiritual or emotional states.

Physical Wrapping

1. Garments and Clothing: In the Bible, clothing often symbolizes identity, status, and righteousness. For instance, in the Book of Genesis, God made garments of skin for Adam and Eve after the Fall, indicating a covering of their newfound shame (Genesis 3:21). The act of wrapping oneself in garments can also signify preparation or readiness, as seen in the instructions for the priests in the Old Testament, who were to wear specific garments when serving in the Tabernacle (Exodus 28:2-4).

2. Burial Cloths: The most notable instance of wrapping in burial cloths is found in the New Testament account of Jesus' resurrection. After His crucifixion, Jesus was wrapped in linen cloths and placed in a tomb (Matthew 27:59). This act of wrapping signified the finality of death, yet it was also a precursor to His resurrection. The Gospel of John describes how Peter and the other disciple found the linen cloths lying in the empty tomb, a testament to Jesus' victory over death (John 20:6-7).

Metaphorical Wrapping

1. Divine Protection and Comfort: The imagery of being wrapped is often used to describe God's protection and comfort for His people. In the Psalms, David speaks of God as a refuge and fortress, suggesting a protective wrapping around the believer (Psalm 91:4). This metaphor extends to the idea of being enveloped in God's love and care, providing a sense of security and peace.

2. Spiritual States: The concept of being wrapped can also describe spiritual conditions. For example, Isaiah speaks of being wrapped in a robe of righteousness, symbolizing the imputed righteousness of God upon His people (Isaiah 61:10). This wrapping signifies a transformation and sanctification that comes from a relationship with God.

3. Judgment and Mourning: Conversely, wrapping can also denote judgment or mourning. In the Book of Lamentations, the prophet Jeremiah describes the city of Jerusalem as being wrapped in a cloud of God's anger, illustrating the severity of divine judgment (Lamentations 2:1). Mourning practices in biblical times often involved wearing sackcloth, a coarse material wrapped around the body as a sign of repentance and sorrow (Jonah 3:6).

Symbolism in Prophecy and Revelation

In prophetic literature, wrapping can symbolize the unfolding of divine plans and mysteries. The Book of Revelation, for instance, uses vivid imagery to describe the end times, where scrolls are wrapped and sealed, only to be opened by the Lamb, signifying the revelation of God's ultimate plan for humanity (Revelation 5:1-5).

Overall, the concept of being "wrapped" in the Bible encompasses a range of meanings, from physical coverings to profound spiritual truths, reflecting the multifaceted nature of God's interaction with His creation.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Wrap.

Greek

4683. sparganoo -- to wrap in swaddling clothes
... Word Origin from sparganon (a swathing band) Definition to wrap in swaddling clothes
NASB Word Usage wrapped...in cloths (1), wrapped in cloths (1). ...
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1794. entulisso -- to wrap up
... Word Origin from en and tulisso (to twist) Definition to wrap up NASB Word
Usage rolled (1), wrapped (2). wrap together, fold up. ...
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4019. perideo -- to tie around
... Word Origin from peri and deo Definition to tie around NASB Word Usage wrapped around
(1). bind. peri and deo; to bind around one, ie Enwrap -- bind about. ...
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1750. eneileo -- to roll in, to wind in
... wind in. Word Origin from en and eileo (to wind) Definition to roll in, to
wind in NASB Word Usage wrapped (1). wrap in. From ennomos ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4593. miuttah -- wrapped up
... miuttah. 4594 . wrapped up. Transliteration: miuttah Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ote')
Short Definition: up. Word Origin scribal error, from marat, qv. wrapped up ...
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3874. lut -- to wrap closely or tightly, enwrap, envelop
... lut. 3875 . to wrap closely or tightly, enwrap, envelop. Transliteration: lut
Phonetic Spelling: (loot) Short Definition: wrapped. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5844a. atah -- to wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself
... to wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself NASB Word Usage cover (5), covered (2),
covering (1), covers (2), veils (1), wrap himself (1), wrapped (4), wraps ...
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1564. golem -- an embryo
... substance yet being imperfect. From galam; a wrapped (and unformed mass, ie As the
embryo) -- substance yet being unperfect. see HEBREW galam. 1563, 1564. ...
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1565. galmud -- hard, barren
... desolate, solitary. Probably by prolonged from galam; sterile (as wrapped up too
hard); figuratively, desolate -- desolate, solitary. see HEBREW galam. ...
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5968. alaph -- to cover
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to cover NASB Word Usage became faint (1), faint
(1), fainted (1), inlaid (1), wilted away (1), wrapped (1). ...
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6797. tsaniph -- a turban
... Or tsanowph {tsaw-nofe'}; or (feminine) tsaniyphah {tsaw-nee-faw'}; from tsanaph;
a head-dress (ie Piece of cloth wrapped around) -- diadem, hood, mitre. ...
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6887a. tsarar -- to bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or ...
... 2), distress (6), distressed (6), frustrated (1), impeded (1), mended (1), oppressed
(1), shortened (1), shut (1), small (1), trouble (1), wrapped (1), wraps (2 ...
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2853. chathal -- perhaps entwine, enwrap
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition perhaps entwine, enwrap NASB Word Usage wrapped
in cloths (1). swaddle. A primitive root; to swathe -- X at all, swaddle. ...
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1545. gelom -- a wrapping, garment
... Word Origin from galam Definition a wrapping, garment NASB Word Usage clothes (1).
clothes. From galam; clothing (as wrapped) -- clothes. see HEBREW galam. ...
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Library

Easter Even. And Joseph Wrapped the Body in a Clean Linen Cloth ...
... Easter Even. And Joseph wrapped the body in a clean linen cloth, and laid
it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock. ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/easter even and joseph wrapped.htm

Divine Things Wrapped up in Figures Both in the Sacred and in ...
... The Stromata, or Miscellanies. Book IV. Chapter IV."Divine Things Wrapped
Up in Figures Both in the Sacred and in Heathen Writers. ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter iv divine things wrapped up.htm

Of the Question Whether the First Three Evangelists are Quite in ...
... Matthew proceeds thus: "And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean
linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xxiii of the question whether.htm

The Way of Transgressors.
... She was so well wrapped up, that she did not feel the cold, and her feet were
protected from the damp pavement by the impervious India rubber. ...
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Christ's Birth
... The Blessed Virgin then wrapped the Child Jesus in swaddling-bands. I cannot
now remember how these bands were wound round; I only ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xi christs birth.htm

The Circumcision of Jesus
... This was handed to the Blessed Virgin. The nurse now took the Child, bandaged
Him, and wrapped Him again in His swaddling clothes. ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xii the circumcision of jesus.htm

The Night of Resurrection.
... The sacred body of our Blessed Redeemer was wrapped in the winding-sheet, and
surrounded with light, while two angels sat in an attitude of adoration, the one ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter lxii the night of.htm

The Birth of Jesus. Ch. 2:1-20
... it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should
be delivered.7 And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in ...
/.../erdman/the gospel of luke an exposition/e the birth of jesus.htm

The Embalming of the Body of Jesus.
... When the Blessed Virgin had filled all the wounds with ointment, she wrapped the
head up in linen cloths, but she did not as yet cover the face. ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter li the embalming of.htm

On the Road to Jerusalem
... Blinded, with scarf and kerchief wrapped over mouth and nostril, the fleeing
party swept down upon the very heart of that stifling mystery. ...
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Thesaurus

Wrapped (40 Occurrences)
...Wrapped (40 Occurrences). Matthew 27:59 Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in
a clean linen cloth, (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Towel (5 Occurrences)
... towel. (DBY). John 11:44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped
in cloths, and his face wrapped round with a towel. "Untie ...
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Cloths (16 Occurrences)
... Luke 2:7 She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth,
and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in ...
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Cloth (57 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Matthew 27:59 Joseph took the body,
and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV). ...
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Sheet (9 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Sheet (9 Occurrences). Matthew 27:59 So Joseph took
the body and wrapped it in a clean sheet of fine linen. (WEY). ...
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Wrap (9 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Job 8:17 His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees
the place of stones. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS). ...
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Fine (184 Occurrences)
... sky is red;' (WEY DBY). Matthew 27:59 So Joseph took the body and wrapped
it in a clean sheet of fine linen. (WEY). Mark 7:9 He said ...
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Clothes (208 Occurrences)
... Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes,
and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn ...
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Napkin (3 Occurrences)
... nap'-kin (soudarion; Latin sudarium): In Luke 19:20, the cloth in which the
"unprofitable servant" wrapped the money of his lord; compare John 11:44; John 20: ...
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Untie (10 Occurrences)
... NIV). John 11:44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped in cloths,
and his face wrapped round with a towel. "Untie him ...
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Resources

What does it mean that baby Jesus was wrapped in swaddling clothes? | GotQuestions.org

What is the significance of the folded napkin in Christ's tomb after the resurrection? | GotQuestions.org

Is the Shroud of Turin authentic? | GotQuestions.org

Wrapped: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Wrapped (40 Occurrences)

Matthew 27:59
Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 15:46
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
(KJV WEY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 2:7
She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 2:12
This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 23:53
He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 11:44
He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him go."
(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

John 13:4
arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his waist.
(WEB NIV)

John 13:5
Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
(WEB NIV)

John 19:40
Taking down the body they wrapped it in linen cloths along with the spices, in accordance with the Jewish mode of preparing for burial.
(WEY NIV)

John 20:7
And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
(KJV WBS)

John 21:7
That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It's the Lord!" So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.
(WEB NIV)

Acts 5:6
The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.
(WEB ASV RSV NIV)

Revelation 10:1
I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
(See RSV)

Genesis 38:14
She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Exodus 12:34
The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.
(See NIV)

Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai, all it, smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
(See RSV)

Deuteronomy 4:11
You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
(See RSV)

1 Samuel 21:9
The priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here." David said, "There is none like that. Give it to me."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 28:14
He said to her, "What does he look like?" She said, "An old man comes up. He is covered with a robe." Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.
(See NAS RSV)

1 Kings 19:13
It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 2:8
Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over on dry ground.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

1 Chronicles 15:27
And David is wrapped in an upper robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who are bearing the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah head of the burden of the singers; and on David 'is' an Ephod of linen.
(YLT)

Job 8:17
His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Job 38:9
when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
(WEB NIV)

Job 40:17
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Psalms 109:19
Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
(See NIV)

Psalms 109:29
Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 119:61
The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; 'But' I have not forgotten thy law.
(ASV DBY)

Proverbs 30:4
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 25:7
And swallowed up hath He in this mountain The face of the wrapping that is wrapped over all the peoples, And of the covering that is spread over all the nations.
(YLT)

Isaiah 59:17
Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Lamentations 1:14
Bound hath been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand, They are wrapped together, They have gone up on my neck, He hath caused my power to stumble, The Lord hath given me into hands, I am not able to rise.
(YLT)

Lamentations 3:43
Covering yourself with wrath you have gone after us, cutting us off without pity;
(See RSV)

Lamentations 3:44
You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 7:27
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do to them after their way, and according to their own judgments will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 16:4
As for your birth, in the day you were born your navel was not cut, neither were you washed in water to cleanse you; you weren't salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
(See NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 16:10
I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you with sealskin, and I girded you about with fine linen, and covered you with silk.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 21:15
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
(KJV NAS)

Hosea 4:19
The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.
(WEB ASV DBY RSV)

Jonah 2:5
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

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