Bible Dictionary
TRAIN
Train can refer to education or instruction, as in training a child in Proverbs 22:6. It can also mean an accompanying army or the flowing skirts of a robe, as in the vision of God’s glory in Isaiah 6.
Definition
Train may mean the education or instruction of a child, an accompanying force or army, or the loose-hanging part of a garment. Its meaning depends on context: it may describe instruction, a military retinue, or the skirts of a robe.
Biblical Usage
In Proverbs, the verb refers to educating a child. The Queen of Sheba’s train means the force or army accompanying her. In Isaiah’s vision, the train is the loose-hanging garment, or skirts, of God’s robe.
Historical Background
The biblical terms translated “train” are not the same in every passage. The word connected with the Queen of Sheba’s train is the usual term for force or army, while Isaiah’s term denotes a loose-hanging garment.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>tran (verb chanakh, "educate" (Pr 22:6), with adjective chanikh (Ge 14:14)): In 1Ki 10:2 the Queen of Sheba's "train," the noun is chayil, the usual word for "force," "army." But in Isa 6:1 the "train" (shul, "loose hanging garment") is that of God's robe (the Revised Version margin "skirts").</p>