Clothing
ἔνδυμαStrong’s G1742enduma
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Enduma is the Greek word usually translated “clothing”, “garment” and “clothes”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.”
Meaning
Usually translated “clothing”, “garment” and “clothes”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- clothing 5
- garment 2
- in clothes 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 7
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
- Matthew 6:28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
- Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
- Matthew 22:11And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
- Matthew 22:12And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
- Matthew 28:3His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
Greek dictionary
ἔνδυμα enduma · clothing
ἔνδυμα, -τος, τό (ἐνω), [in LXX chiefly for לְבוּשׁ ;] raiment, clothing, a garment: Mat.3:4 6:25, 28 7:15 22:11-12 28:3, Luk.12:23.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “clothing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CLOTHING, participle present
tense Covering with or putting on vestments of any kind; providing with garments; investing; covering.
All definitions and other forms of “clothing”
CLOTHING, noun
- Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.
- The art or practice of making cloth.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.