MITER
(a) Garment of the head of the high priest. It was made of a long band of fine linen; Using a blue ribbon, a plate of pure gold was attached to it on which the words “Holiness to Jehovah” were engraved.
This plate passed through the forehead. The miter was emblematic of the upholding of purity, justice, and holiness by the Lord Jesus, the great Antitype of the minister of the sanctuary (Ex. 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6; 39:28, 31; Lev. 8 :9; 16:4).
In Hebrew It is “mitsnepheth,” and is translated “tiara” in a notable reference to the “profane and impious wicked man of Israel.” In Zac. 3:1-8 there is the story of Joshua, the high priest, freed from Satan’s resistance, and given a clean miter.
on the head (“tsaniph”, a term related to the previous one).
(b) Persian divinity of light; His cult became very popular in the Roman Empire.