An hairy man; either,
1. As to his body; the hair of his head and beard being through neglect grown long, and spread over much of his time. Or rather,
2. As to his outward garment, which was rough and hairy, such as were sometimes worn by eminent persons in Greece in ancient times, and were the proper habit of the prophets. See Isaiah 20:2 Malachi 13:4 Matthew 3:4 Hebrews 11:37. With a girdle of leather about his loins; as John the Baptist also had, Matthew 3:4, that by his very outward habit he might represent Elias, in whose spirit and power he came.