לָבַשׁlâbash
לָבֵשׁ: put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed
Pronunciation: law-bash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3847
Meanings
Qal: construct, active (Psalms 93:1; Job 7:5; Leviticus 6:3)
1.
a. literally put on (one's own) garment (accusative) (Genesis 38:19; 1 Samuel 28:8; 2 Samuel 14:2)
b. very often figurative, put on, be clothed with, with accusative of garment (Job 7:5; Isaiah 49:18; Psalms 65:14)
c. literally put on, object omitted (Genesis 28:20; Job 27:17; Haggai 1:6)
d. once with בְּ (Esther 6:8)
e. clothed with (Ezekiel 9:2; Ezekiel 9:3; Zechariah 3:3)
f. and the spirit of, clothed itself with Gideon (Judges 6:34; 1 Chronicles 12:18; 2 Chronicles 24:20)
Pu`al: arrayed (1 Kings 22:10; 2 Chronicles 18:9; 2 Chronicles 5:12)
Hiph`il: clothe, array with (Isaiah 61:10; Genesis 27:16; Exodus 28:41)
1. usually with double accusative
b. thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh (Job 10:11; Job 39:19; Isaiah 50:3)
2. with accusative garment only (Genesis 27:16; Proverbs 23:21)
3. with accusative of person only (Genesis 3:21; Genesis 27:15; 2 Chronicles 28:15)
: be clothed
Haph`el: clothe (Daniel 5:29)
Same root
- לְבוּשׁlᵉbûwsh · H3830a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
- לְבַשׁlᵉbash · H3848{properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively}
- מַלְבּוּשׁmalbûwsh · H4403a garment, or (collectively) clothing
- תַּלְבֹּשֶׁתtalbôsheth · H8516a garment
Where it appears
Appears 110 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 3:21 And the Lord God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife.
- Genesis 27:15 Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob.
- Genesis 27:16 She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats.
- Genesis 28:20 Then Jacob made this vow: “If God will indeed be with me and protect me on this journey, and if he will provide me with food and clothing,
- Genesis 38:19 Afterward she went back home, took off her veil, and put on her widow’s clothing as usual.
- Genesis 41:42 Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in fine linen clothing and hung a gold chain around his neck.
See every passage
- Genesis 3:21, 27:15, 27:16, 28:20, 38:19, 41:42
- Exodus 28:41, 29:5, 29:8, 29:30, 40:13, 40:14
- Leviticus 6:10, 6:11, 8:7, 8:13, 16:4, 16:23, 16:24, 16:32, 21:10
- Numbers 20:26, 20:28
- Deuteronomy 22:5, 22:11
- Judges 6:34
- 1 Samuel 17:5, 17:38, 28:8
- 2 Samuel 1:24, 13:18, 14:2
- 1 Kings 22:10, 22:30
- 1 Chronicles 12:18
- 2 Chronicles 5:12, 6:41, 18:9, 18:29, 24:20, 28:15
- Ezra 3:10
- Esther 4:1, 4:4, 5:1, 6:8, 6:9, 6:11
- Job 7:5, 8:22, 10:11, 27:17, 29:14, 39:19, 40:10
- Psalms 35:26, 65:13, 93:1, 104:1, 109:18, 109:29, 132:9, 132:16, 132:18
- Proverbs 23:21, 31:21
- Song of Solomon 5:3
- Isaiah 4:1, 22:21, 49:18, 50:3, 51:9, 52:1, 59:17, 61:10
- Jeremiah 4:30, 46:4
- Ezekiel 7:27, 9:2, 9:3, 10:2, 10:6, 10:7, 16:10, 23:6, 23:12, 26:16, 34:3, 38:4, 42:14, 44:17, 44:19
- Daniel 10:5, 12:6, 12:7
- Jonah 3:5
- Zephaniah 1:8
- Haggai 1:6
- Zechariah 3:3, 3:4, 3:5, 13:4
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