Skin (prop. עוֹר, or, so called, perhaps, from its nudity; once גֶּלֶד, geled, so called from its smoothness [Job 16:15]; once improperly for בָּשָׂר, basar [Ps 102:5], flesh, as elsewhere rendered; δέρμα), the cuticle of man (Ex 34:29; Le 13:2; Job 7:5, etc.), or the hide of an animal (Job 40:24); the latter chiefly as taken off (Ge 3:21; Ge 27:16; Le 4:10; Le 7:8), also as prepared or wrought into leather (11:32; 13:48; Nu 31:20). So in the plur. (Ex 26:14; Ex 39:34). For the tachash-skins (Nu 4:8; Nu 11:12), SEE BADGER. For the use of holding water, SEE SKIN BOTTLE. The word in Heb. is poetically put for body (Job 18:13). The phrase "skin for skin" (Job 2:4) means like for like, or what is intimate and dear as the skin. "Skin of the teeth" (Job 19:20) is evidently a proverbial phrase for the barest nothing.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More