Robe
מְעִילStrong’s H4598meil (me-il)
Appears in 27 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Meil is the Hebrew word usually translated “robe”, “robe of” and “robe his”. It appears in 27 verses of the Old Testament.
“And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.”
Meaning
- Robea garment worn over a tunic by men of rank · a long garment worn by David's daughters · a garment of the high priest · (fig.) of attributes
How it's translated
- the robe 8
- robe of 3
- robe his 3
- and a robe 2
- robe your 2
- and robe my 2
- like robe 2
- a robe 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 9
- 1 Samuel 6
- Job 3
- Ezra 2
- Isaiah 2
- Leviticus 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 28:31And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
- Exodus 28:34A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
- Exodus 29:5And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
- Exodus 39:22And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
- Exodus 39:23And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
- Exodus 39:24And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
Hebrew dictionary
מְעִיל meil · robe
1) robe 1a) a garment worn over a tunic by men of rank 1b) a long garment worn by David's daughters 1c) a garment of the high priest 1d) (fig.) of attributes
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.