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מְעִיל mᵉʻîyl · H4598 · robe, mantle, cloak

Hebrew מְעִיל (me'il) refers to an outer robe or cloak, a garment worn over other clothing. While semantically related to סַרְבַּל as a major article of clothing, מְעִיל typically denotes a more formal or outer garment, whereas סַרְבַּל may be an inner coat or tunic.

χιτών chitṓn · G5509 · tunic, shirt, clothing

Greek χιτών (chitōn) is the standard Greek equivalent for an inner garment or tunic, corresponding closely to the Aramaic סַרְבַּל (sarbal) which appears in Daniel 3:21, 27 referring to a garment worn by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. This is the natural Greek translation equivalent for this type of garment.

ἱμάτιον himátion · G2440 · clothing, apparel, cloak

Greek ἱμάτιον (himation) is a general term for outer garment or cloak that could serve as a translation equivalent for סַרְבַּל, though it typically denotes an outer rather than inner garment. In LXX translation practice, various Hebrew/Aramaic garment terms are rendered with ἱμάτιον as a general equivalent.

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Daniel 3:21 recounts that “these men were tied up in their trousers, their coats, their caps, and their other clothes, and were thrown into the middle of the furnace of blazing fire.”

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.