כְּסוּת
kᵉçûwth · H3682 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences
A word for 2 things
- Clothing (generic)Clothing248 verses
- Outer garment, cloak, mantle, robeClothing161 verses
Meanings
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proof of innocence, vindication
Literally: covering; hence: something that is a visible proof of someone else's innocence in a certain matter
ExamplesGenesis 20:16 To Sarah he said, “Look, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you, and before everyone you are cleared.”
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clothing
Literally: covering; hence: the clothing that are needed for protection against the cold and enable people to function within their community
ExamplesExodus 21:10 “If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights.
Exodus 22:27 for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his body. What else is he to sleep in? And it will come about that when he cries out to Me, I will listen to him, for I am gracious.
Deuteronomy 22:12 “You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.
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covering
Literally: covering; hence: state in which no information is shared about an object, as if it is covered and invisible to outsiders
ExamplesJob 26:6 “Sheol is naked before Him, And Abaddon has no covering.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- עַיִןeye, sight 1
- ךָyour 1
- הוּhis 1
- הּher 1
- הֶםtheir 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כָּסָהto cover 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
What it is said to bePredicate
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 3
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּאhe, she, it 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כָּנָףwing 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- περιβόλαιον peribólaion · G4018 · clothing, apparel, cloak
- Greek περιβόλαιον denotes something specifically thrown around/wrapped around (περι- 'around' + βάλλω 'throw'), emphasizing the action/manner of wearing, while Hebrew כְּסוּת focuses on the covering/concealing function itself; both refer to outer garments/mantles serving as covering.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Innocent002003003015
- Sharing its root with כָּסָה (kâçâh, H3680), this word's covering sense can likewise be associated with being covered from guilt or exposure, an extension into being restored to innocence.
- Dress002003001007
- This word most often denotes a garment, raiment, or covering for the body, as in the covering owed to a wife under Exodus 21:10 and the cloak that must be returned by sunset in Exodus 22:26, so it belongs among clothing terms.
- Non-Know002004002008
- Sharing its root with כָּסָה (kâçâh, H3680), this word's covering sense can likewise extend to concealing something from another's knowledge.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3682. kesuth כְּסוּת noun feminine covering — ׳כ Gen 20:16 Gen 20:3t.; suffix כְּסוּתְךָ…
כְּסוּת noun feminine covering — ׳כ Gen 20:16 Gen 20:3t.; suffix כְּסוּתְךָ Deu 22:12 Deu 22:3t. suffixes; —
1 covering, clothing Exo 21:10; Exo 22:26 (Covt. code), Deu 22:12; Job 24:7; Job 31:19; of שַׂק as clothing of heavens Isa 50:3 in figure
2 covering for concealment, of Abaddon, the subterranean abode of the dead Job 26:6; ׳כ עֵינַיִם, covering of the eyes Gen 20:16 (so that they cannot see the wrong, figurative of a present offered in compensation for it; E).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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