לְבוּשׁ
lᵉbûwsh · leb-oosh'
a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
Lexicon
Derivation: or לְבֻשׁ; from H3847 (לָבַשׁ);
a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
- a garment (literally or figuratively)
- by implication, (euphemistically) a wife
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
Authority, the one who leads of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לְבוּשׁ 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
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- apparel2 · 7%
- the apparel2 · 7%
- without clothing2 · 7%
- her clothing2 · 7%
- his garments1 · 3%
- upon your apparel1 · 3%
- that he had put on1 · 3%
- vestments1 · 3%
- clothed1 · 3%
- and let this apparel1 · 3%
- of my disease is my garment1 · 3%
- for want of clothing1 · 3%
- the garment1 · 3%
- as a garment1 · 3%
- of his garment1 · 3%
- upon my vesture1 · 3%
- my clothing1 · 3%
- also my garment1 · 3%
- as a vesture1 · 3%
- as with a garment1 · 3%
- are for thy clothing1 · 3%
- are her clothing1 · 3%
- and as the raiment1 · 3%
- in his apparel1 · 3%
- in thine apparel1 · 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.