Word

לְבַשׁ

lᵉbash · H3848 · Aramaic · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

Action by which humans put on clothes or ornaments (to put on (oneself), to wear)

Examples
Daniel 5:7 The king called aloud to bring in the sorcerers, the Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king began speaking and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Anyone who can read this inscription and explain its interpretation to me shall be clothed with purple and have a necklace of gold around his neck, and have authority as third ruler in the kingdom.”
Daniel 5:16 “But I personally have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Now if you are able to read the inscription and make its interpretation known to me, you will be clothed with purple and wear a necklace of gold around your neck, and you will have authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.”
Causative action by which humans help other humans to put on clothes (to put on (someone else), to clothe)

Examples
Daniel 5:29 Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

אֱנָשׁhuman 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1
Not stated: they 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 1 groups

אַרְגְּוָןpurple 3

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for+ דָּנִיֵּאלDaniel 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אֲמַרto say 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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Near synonyms 2 words

עָטָה ʻâṭâh · H5844 · to cover, to wear: Both words denote actions of clothing or covering oneself or another, such as putting on or being clad.
כָּסָה kâçâh · H3680 · to cover, to be covered, to cover oneself: Both words belong to the area of clothing and overlap in the clothing sense ("clothe" in both).

Semantic domains 5 entries

Dress002003001007: Daniel 5:16 recounts the king's promise to Daniel, “if you are able to read the inscription and make its interpretation known to me, you will be clothed with purple.”
Control002003002007: This Control code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to come upon; to take possession” sense; this word's own occurrences describe literal robing with a royal garment, never a spirit or power coming upon someone.
Cover002003001005: This Cover code is likewise inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to be covered” sense; this word's own occurrences describe the specific act of dressing in a royal robe, never a general covering.
Engage002003003011: This Engage code is inherited from the same shared lemma-cluster grouping's idiomatic “to be clothed with a certain state” sense; this word's own occurrences describe literal clothing, never being figuratively clothed with an activity or condition.
Possess002003002019: Daniel 5:29 recounts that “Belshazzar gave orders, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck.”

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

לָבַשׁ lâbash · H3847 · dressed, arrayed, to put on (oneself) · 96×לְבוּשׁ lᵉbûwsh · H3830 · clothing, garment, robe · 33×מַלְבּוּשׁ malbûwsh · H4403 · clothing, garment, robe · 8×לְבַשׁlᵉbash · H3848לְבוּשׁ lᵉbûwsh · H3831 · garment · 2×תַּלְבֹּשֶׁת talbôsheth · H8516 · clothing · 1×

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