לָבַשׁ
lâbash · law-bash'
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
Lexicon
Derivation: or לָבֵשׁ; a primitive root;
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
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
- 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 consume, to destroy
Authority, the one who leads of the house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָבַשׁ 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
110 occurrences · 110 OT · 0 NT · 95 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- clothed10 · 18%
- and put6 · 11%
- and put on5 · 9%
- put on4 · 7%
- came3 · 5%
- be clothed3 · 5%
- and arrayed2 · 4%
- is clothed2 · 4%
- and shall put2 · 4%
- and clothed2 · 4%
- and thou shalt put2 · 4%
- are clothed2 · 4%
- and she put1 · 2%
- and shall put on1 · 2%
- which he put on1 · 2%
- and put them upon1 · 2%
- he shall put on1 · 2%
- shall he put1 · 2%
- shall put1 · 2%
- and clothe1 · 2%
- in his stead shall put1 · 2%
- and so put them on1 · 2%
- from her, and put on1 · 2%
- to put on1 · 2%
- and clothed them1 · 2%
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.