Covering
מְכַסֶּהStrong’s H4374mekhasseh (me-khas-seh)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mekhasseh is the Hebrew word usually translated “covering”, “coverings your” and “covering your”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:”
Meaning
- Covering, that which covers
How it's translated
- and the covering 1
- and coverings your 1
- and for covering 1
- covering your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- Leviticus 1
- Ezekiel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 14:11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
- Isaiah 23:18And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
- Ezekiel 27:7Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Hebrew dictionary
מְכַסֶּה mekhasseh · covering
covering, that which covers
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.