Hebrew

To wrap

לוּטStrong’s H3874

lut

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Lut is the Hebrew word usually translated “wrapped” and “which covers”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.”

1 Samuel 21:9 KJV

Meaning

To wrap closely or tightly, enwrap, envelop(Qal) to wrap tightly · (Hiphil) to envelop, wrap

How it's translated

wrapped 1
and he wrapped 1
which covers 1

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

Where it's used most

1 Samuel 1
1 Kings 1
Isaiah 1

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

לוּט lut · to wrap

1) to wrap closely or tightly, enwrap, envelop 1a) (Qal) to wrap tightly 1b) (Hiphil) to envelop, wrap

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

WRAP, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive wrapped or wrapt.

To wind or fold together.
To involve; to cover by winding something round; often with up; as, to wrap up a child in its blanket; wrap the body well with flannel in winter.
To involve; to hide; as truth wrapt in tales.
To comprise; to contain.

All definitions

To involve totally.
To inclose.
To snatch up; to transport.

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.