Word

מַלְבּוּשׁ

malbûwsh · H4403 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

clothing, garment, robe

Generic designation for any article of clothing

Examples
1 Kings 10:5 and the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he offered at the house of the LORD, she was breathless.
2 Kings 10:22 And he said to the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the worshipers of Baal.” So he brought out the garments for them.
2 Chronicles 9:4 the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his ministers and their attire, his cupbearers and their attire, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, she was breathless.

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

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

5 occurrences in 3 groups

הֶםtheir 3
יmy 1
ךְyour 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

נׇכְרִיforeign, foreigner 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 4 groups

גָּאַלto redeem oneself 1
יָצָאto go out 1
כּוּןto establish, to prepare 1
לָבַשׁto put on, to clothe, to wear 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 3 groups

מֶשִׁיexpensive cloth 1
רִקְמָהembroidered cloth 1
שֵׁשׁfine linen 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 3 words

בֶּגֶד beged · H899 · cloth, covering, clothes: בֶּגֶד is the most common Hebrew term for garment or clothing, overlapping significantly with מַלְבּוּשׁ in denoting apparel or raiment, though בֶּגֶד is used more broadly and frequently.
שִׂמְלָה simlâh · H8071 · mantle, cloak, clothing: שִׂמְלָה refers to a garment or outer clothing, often a mantle or cloak, functioning as a near synonym to מַלְבּוּשׁ for apparel or vestments.
כְּסוּת kᵉçûwth · H3682 · proof of innocence, vindication, clothing: כְּסוּת denotes a covering or garment, particularly clothing that covers the body, semantically close to מַלְבּוּשׁ as apparel or vestment.

In the other Testament 3 words

ἱμάτιον himátion · G2440 · clothing, apparel, cloak: ἱμάτιον is the standard Greek term for an outer garment or clothing in general, serving as the natural translation equivalent for מַלְבּוּשׁ in LXX and referring to apparel/vestments in both secular and cultic contexts.
ἔνδυμα éndyma · G1742 · clothing, apparel: ἔνδυμα denotes clothing or garments worn on the body, semantically parallel to μַלְבּוּשׁ as a general term for apparel or vestments.
ἱματισμός himatismós · G2441 · clothing, apparel: ἱματισμός is a Greek noun denoting clothing or raiment in general, functioning as a close semantic equivalent to מַלְבּוּשׁ for apparel or vestments.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Clothing001003001001002: מַלְבּוּשׁ names clothing or apparel, as in the fine garments given to Joseph by Pharaoh (Genesis 41:42) and the distinctive royal robes of a king's daughter (2 Samuel 1:24; 2 Kings 10:22).

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×מַלְבּוּשׁmalbûwsh · H4403לְבַשׁ lᵉbash · H3848 · clothe · 3×לְבוּשׁ lᵉbûwsh · H3831 · garment · 2×תַּלְבֹּשֶׁת talbôsheth · H8516 · clothing · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4403. malbush מַלְבּוּשׁ, [מַלְבֻּשׁ] noun masculineZep 1:8 raiment, attire; — absolute…

H4403. malbush
מַלְבּוּשׁ, [מַלְבֻּשׁ] noun masculineZep 1:8 raiment, attire; — absolute 2Ki 10:22 2Ki 10:2t.; suffix מַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ Eze 16:3; plural suffix מַלְבּוּשַׁי Isa 63:3; מַלְבּוּשִׁיהֶם2Ch 9:4 (twice in verse), מַלְבֻּשֵׁיהֶם 1Ki 10:5; — raiment, 2Ki 10:22 (for worshippers, || לְבוּשׁ), Job 27:16 (as wealth); of Jerusalem under figure of infant Eze 16:13; ׳מַל נָכְרִי Zep 1:8 foreign attire (accusative with לָבַשׁ); plural of garments of Solomon's servants 1Ki 10:5 2Ch 9:4a, + 2Ch 9:4b; of ׳י under figure of warrior Isa 63:3.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Clothing7 occurrences

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