מֶדֶו
medev · H4063 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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clothes, garment, tunic, armor
A generic word for clothing, which in certain contexts may denote a specific kind of clothes, such as someone's tunic or armor
Examples2 Samuel 10:4 So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their robes in the middle as far as their buttocks, and sent them away.
1 Chronicles 19:4 So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved them, and cut off their robes in the middle as far as their buttocks, and sent them away.
How it’s used In 2 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
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- הֶםtheir 2
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- כָּרַתto cut off, to make (a covenant) 2
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 3 words
- בֶּגֶד beged · H899 · cloth, covering, clothes
- The most common Hebrew word for garment/clothing; a standard near-synonym that could substitute in most contexts where מֶדֶו appears.
- שִׂמְלָה simlâh · H8071 · mantle, cloak, clothing
- Another common Hebrew term for garment, often referring to an outer garment or cloak that could be used interchangeably with מֶדֶו in general clothing contexts.
- לְבוּשׁ lᵉbûwsh · H3830 · clothing, garment, robe
- לְבוּשׁ (lᵉbûwsh, H3830) is a Hebrew noun for garment or clothing, derived from the verb to wear, and could substitute for מֶדֶו in describing clothing.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἱμάτιον himátion · G2440 · clothing, apparel, cloak
- Standard Greek term for an outer garment or clothing; the most common Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew garment terms in the LXX.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Clothing001003001001002
- מֶדֶו denotes a garment, as reflected in its gloss 'garment' (Psalm 133:2's oil running down "upon the edge of his robes"), placing it among worn garments.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4063. madu [מָ֫דוּ], II. [מַדְוֶה] noun masculine garment; — plural suffix מַדְוֵיהֶם…
[מָ֫דוּ], II. [מַדְוֶה] noun masculine garment; — plural suffix מַדְוֵיהֶם 2Sa 10:4 = 1Ch 19:4.
מַדְהֵבָה Isa 14:4, read מַרְהֵבָה see רהב.
I. [מַדְוֶה] see דוה. מַדּוּחִים see נדח.
I, II. מָדוֺן see דין.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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