Strong's Lexicon

H3682

H3682 — כְּסוּת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkcuwthnoun femOccurrences: 9TWOT: 1008b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3682
Word:כְּסוּת
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H3680
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:9
Transliteration:kcuwth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kes-ooth'
Meaning:1. a cover (garment) 2. (figuratively) a veiling
KJV Renderings:covering, raiment, vesture.

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BDB4110

כְּסוּת noun feminine covering׳ כ Gen 20:16 + 3 t.; suffix כְּסוּתְךָ Deut 22:12 + 3 t. suffixes; —

1. covering, clothing Exod 21:10; Exod 22:26 (Covt. code), Deut 22:12; Job 24:7; Job 31:19 of שַׂק as clothing of heavens Isa 50:3 in figure
2. covering for concealment, of Abaddon, the subterranean abode of the dead Job 26:6 עֵינַיִם ׳ כ, covering of the eyes Gen 20:16 (so that they cannot see the wrong, figurative of a present offered in compensation for it; E ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כסות (k’sooth)

Genesis 20:16

KJV: And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
EHCC: he (is) to thee a cowering of the

Exodus 21:10

KJV: If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
EHCC: ber food, her raiment, and her daty

Deuteronomy 22:12

KJV: Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.quarters: Heb. wings
EHCC: the four quarters of thy vestere,

Job 24:7

KJV: They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
EHCC: (they have) סם covering in the coll.

Job 26:6

KJV: Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
EHCC: destruction hath no covering. |

Job 31:19

KJV: If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
EHCC: or any poot without covering ; i
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