מְעִיל
mᵉʻîyl · meh-eel'
a robe (i.e. upper and outer garment)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4603 (מָעַל) in the sense of covering;
a robe (i.e. upper and outer garment)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cloke, coat, mantle, robe.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְעִיל 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the robe5 · 18%
- the robe2 · 7%
- of thy robe2 · 7%
- and my mantle2 · 7%
- his mantle2 · 7%
- and a robe1 · 4%
- and the robe1 · 4%
- him with the robe1 · 4%
- coat1 · 4%
- of his mantle1 · 4%
- himself of the robe1 · 4%
- robe1 · 4%
- with a mantle1 · 4%
- upon her: for with such robes1 · 4%
- with a robe1 · 4%
- was as a robe1 · 4%
- as with a mantle1 · 4%
- as a cloke1 · 4%
- me with the robe1 · 4%
- their robes1 · 4%
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.