Linen
בַּדStrong’s H0906bad
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bad is the Hebrew word usually translated “linen” and “linen of”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:”
Meaning
- Linen, white linen
How it's translated
- linen 17
- the linen 5
- linen of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 6
- Leviticus 4
- Daniel 3
- Exodus 2
- 1 Samuel 2
- 2 Samuel 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 12:6In contextAnd one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
- Daniel 12:7In contextAnd I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
- Exodus 28:42And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
- Exodus 39:28And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
- Leviticus 6:10And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
- Leviticus 16:4He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
Hebrew dictionary
בַּד bad · linen
linen, white linen
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “linen” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LIN'EN, noun
[Latin linun, flax, Gr. The sense is probably long, extended or smooth. In the latter sense, it would accord with Latin linio, lenio.]
- Cloth made of flax or hemp.
- An under garment.
All definitions and other forms of “linen”
LIN'EN, adjective
[Latin lineus.]
- Made of flax or hemp; as linen cloth; a linen stocking.
- Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
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.