לְבַשׁ
lᵉbash · leb-ash'
{properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3847 (לָבַשׁ)
{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: clothe.
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 לְבַשׁ 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thereof, shall be clothed1 · 33%
- thereof, thou shalt be clothed1 · 33%
- and they clothed1 · 33%
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.