Word

מַחֲלָצָה

machălâtsâh · H4254 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. festive robes

    Long garment of high quality, hanging down to the ankles, to be worn by priests or during festivities

    Examples

    Isaiah 3:22 festive robes, outer garments, shawls, purses,

    Zechariah 3:4 And he responded and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have taken your guilt away from you and will clothe you with festive robes.”

How it’s used In 1 role

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1 occurrences in 1 groups

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Near synonyms 2 words
בֶּגֶד beged · H899 · cloth, covering, clothes
General Hebrew term for garment or clothing; בֶּגֶד is the broad common word for any article of clothing, while מַחֲלָצָה specifically denotes a changeable or festal suit of apparel
שִׂמְלָה simlâh · H8071 · mantle, cloak, clothing
Hebrew term for a garment or outer clothing; שִׂמְלָה refers to garments/clothing and overlaps semantically with מַחֲלָצָה though the latter is more specific to changeable/festal attire
Semantic domains 1 entry
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מַחֲלָצָה names a fine change of festive garments, as among the luxurious articles Isaiah condemns as objects of misplaced pride (Isaiah 3:22) and among the gifts Naaman brought to Elisha (2 Kings 5:5).
Word family 3 words

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4254. machalatsah [מַחֲלָצָה] noun feminine robe of state (taken off in ordinary life);…
H4254. machalatsah
[מַחֲלָצָה] noun feminine robe of state (taken off in ordinary life); — only plural absolute מַחֲלָצוֺת Isa 3:22 robes of ladies of Jerusalem; Zec 3:4 of high priest.

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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