Apparel
מֶלְתָּחָהStrong’s H4458meltachah (mel-ta-chah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Meltachah is the Hebrew word usually translated “wardrobe”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.”
Meaning
- Wardrobe, wearing apparel, vestment
How it's translated
- the wardrobe 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
מֶלְתָּחָה meltachah · apparel
wardrobe, wearing apparel, vestment
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “apparel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
APPAR'EL, noun
[Latin paro, apparo, to prepare; Heb. bara]
- Clothing; vesture; garments; dress.
- External habiliments or decorations; appearance; as, religion appears in the natural apparel of simplicity.
- The furniture of a ship, as sails, rigging, anchors, etc.
All definitions and other forms of “apparel”
APPAR'EL, verb transitive
- To dress or clothe.
- To adorn with dress.
- To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to cover, as with garments; as, trees appareled with flowers; or a garden with verdure.
- To furnish with external apparatus; as ships appareled for sea.
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.