Undergarment
מִכְנָסStrong’s H4370mikhnas (mikh-nas)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mikhnas is the Hebrew word usually translated “undergarments of”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:”
Meaning
- Underwear, drawers, trousersa priestly undergarment of linen
How it's translated
- and undergarments of 3
- undergarments of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 2
- Leviticus 2
- Ezekiel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
- Ezekiel 44:18They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
Hebrew dictionary
מִכְנָס mikhnas · undergarment
1) underwear, drawers, trousers 1a) a priestly undergarment of linen
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.