כְּתֹנֶת
kᵉthôneth · keth-o'-neth
a shirt
Lexicon
Derivation: or כֻּתֹּנֶת; from an unused root meaning to cover (compare H3802 (כָּתֵף));
a shirt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: coat, garment, robe.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign
The open hand that covers of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּתֹנֶת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- coats5 · 17%
- coat5 · 17%
- the coat4 · 14%
- garments3 · 10%
- his coat2 · 7%
- him a coat1 · 3%
- them with coats1 · 3%
- upon him the coat1 · 3%
- them in their coats1 · 3%
- and she had a garment1 · 3%
- her garment1 · 3%
- him with his coat1 · 3%
- of my coat1 · 3%
- my coat1 · 3%
- him with thy robe1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.