מְעִילmᵉʻîyl

exterior garment, robe, worn over the inner tunic ׃ כְּתֹנֶת

Pronunciation: meh-eel' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4598

Meanings

1. worn by men of rank (1 Samuel 18:4; 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 24:12)

2. worn by the daughters of David (2 Samuel 13:18)

3. robe of high priest (Exodus 28:31; Exodus 29:5; Exodus 39:22)

4. figurative of attributes (of ׳ י, and of men) (Isaiah 59:17; Isaiah 61:10; Job 29:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 28 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 28:4 These are the garments they are to make: a chestpiece, an ephod, a robe, a patterned tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother, Aaron, and his sons to wear when they serve me as priests.
  • Exodus 28:31 “Make the robe that is worn with the ephod from a single piece of blue cloth,
  • Exodus 28:34 The gold bells and pomegranates are to alternate all around the hem.
  • Exodus 29:5 Dress Aaron in his priestly garments—the tunic, the robe worn with the ephod, the ephod itself, and the chestpiece. Then wrap the decorative sash of the ephod around him.
  • Exodus 39:22 Bezalel made the robe that is worn with the ephod from a single piece of blue woven cloth,
  • Exodus 39:23 with an opening for Aaron’s head in the middle of it. The opening was reinforced with a woven collar so it would not tear.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).