To clothe
לָבֵשׁStrong’s H3847lavash (la-vash)
Appears in 102 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Lavash is the Hebrew word usually translated “clothed of”, “clothed” and “clothe”. It appears in 102 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
- To dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed(Qal) · (Pual) to be fully clothed · (Hiphil) to clothe, array with, dress
How it's translated
- clothed of 8
- clothed 7
- and he clothed 6
- and you will clothe 4
- he will wear 4
- and he put on 4
- put on 4
- and he will put on 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 15
- Leviticus 9
- Psalms 9
- Isaiah 8
- Job 7
- Genesis 6
25 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.
- Zechariah 3:3In contextNow Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
- Zechariah 3:4In contextAnd he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
- Zechariah 3:5In contextAnd I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.
- Zechariah 13:4In contextAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
All 102 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
לָבֵשׁ lavash · to clothe
1) to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put on clothes, be clothed, wear 1a2) to put on, be clothed with (fig.) 1b) (Pual) to be fully clothed 1c) (Hiphil) to clothe, array with, dress Aramaic equivalent: le.vash (לְבֵשׁ "to clothe" H3848)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “clothe” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CLOTHE, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive clothed, or clad. [See Cloth.]
- To put on garments; to invest the body with raiment; to cover with dress, for concealing nakedness and defending the body from cold or injuries.
- To cover with something ornamental.
- To furnish with raiment; to provide with clothes; as, a master is to feed and clothe his apprentice.d
- To put on; to invest; to cover, as with a garment; as, to clothe thoughts with words.“I will clothe her priests with salvation” Psalms 132:16“Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags” Proverbs 23:21“Let them be clothed with shame” Psalms 35:26
All definitions and other forms of “clothe”
- To invest; to surround; to encompass.
- To invest; to give to by commission; as, to clothe with power or authority.
- To cover or spread over; as, the earth is clothed with verdure.
CLOTHE, verb intransitive
To wear clothes.
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.