Covering
כָּסוּיStrong’s H3681kasuy (ka-suy)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kasuy is the Hebrew word usually translated “covering of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.”
Meaning
- Covering, outer covering
How it's translated
- a covering of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 2
1 book in all.
Hebrew dictionary
כָּסוּי kasuy · covering
covering, outer covering
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “covering” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COVERING, participle present
tense Spreading over; laying over; concealing; vailing; clothing; wrapping; inclosing; protecting; disguising.
All definitions and other forms of “covering”
COVERING, noun
- That which convers; any thing spread or laid over another, whether for security or concealment.“Noah removed the covering of the ark” Genesis 8:13“He spread a cloud for a covering” Psalms 105:39“Destruction hath no covering” Job 26:6
- A cover; a lid.“Every open vessel that hath no covering” Numbers 19:15
- Clothing; raiment; garments; dress.“They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold” Job 24:7
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.