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PIECE

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In the Bible, piece may refer to a portion of meat, bread, land, cloth, a wall, or another object. In the New Testament it also means a patch of cloth or a fragment.
Biblical Usage
The Old Testament uses piece for portions of food, land, walls, clothing, and other objects. In the New Testament it can mean a patch of cloth, as in the teaching about putting a new piece on an old garment, and it appears in phrases meaning broken or pulled apart.