מַלְבּוּשׁ
malbûwsh · mal-boosh'
a garment, or (collectively) clothing
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַלְבֻּשׁ; from H3847 (לָבַשׁ);
a garment, or (collectively) clothing
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: apparel, raiment, vestment.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of 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 מַלְבּוּשׁ 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and their apparel2 · 25%
- vestments1 · 13%
- also, and their apparel1 · 13%
- raiment1 · 13%
- all my raiment1 · 13%
- and thy raiment1 · 13%
- apparel1 · 13%
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.