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Treachery

בֶּ֫גֶדStrong’s H0899

beged (be-ged)

Appears in 190 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Beged is the Hebrew word usually translated “garments his”, “garments of” and “clothes his”. It appears in 190 verses of the Old Testament.

“Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.”
Zechariah 3:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. Treachery, deceit
  2. (CLBL) garment, clothing (used indiscriminately)
How it's translated
  • garments his 32
  • garments of 26
  • clothes his 19
  • garments 17
  • clothes of 9
  • clothes your 9
  • a covering of 7
  • clothes their 7

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 45
  • Numbers 20
  • 2 Kings 19
  • Isaiah 14
  • Genesis 13
  • Exodus 12

25 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 190 verses, by book
Deuteronomy 1
24:17
Ezra 2
9:39:5
Nehemiah 1
4:23
Esther 2
4:14:4
Ecclesiastes 1
9:8
Joel 1
2:13
Amos 1
2:8
Haggai 1
2:12
Zechariah 4
3:33:43:514:14
Hebrew dictionary

בֶּ֫גֶד beged · treachery

treachery, deceit

בֶּ֫גֶד beged · garment

(CLBL) garment, clothing (used indiscriminately)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “treachery” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

TREACHERY, noun

trech'ery. Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence. The man who betrays his country in any manner, violates his allegiance, and is guilty of treachery This is treason. The man who violates his faith pledged to his friend, or betrays a trust in which a promise of fidelity is implied, is guilty of treachery The disclosure of a secret committed to one in confidence, is treachery This is perfidy.

    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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.