Strong's Lexicon

H3830

H3830 — לְבוּשׁ לְבוּשׁ

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

Hebrewlbuwshnoun mascOccurrences: 33TWOT: 1075a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3830
Word:לְבוּשׁ לְבוּשׁ
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H3847
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:33
Transliteration:lbuwsh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:leb-oosh' (or lbush {leb-oosh'}) n-m.
Meaning:1. a garment (literally or figuratively) 2. (by implication) (euphem.) a wife
KJV Renderings:apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.

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BDB4322

לְבוּשׁ, לְבֻשׁ noun masculine Job 30:18 garment, clothing, raiment (on formation compare Ges «GKC:84a»§ 84a. 12 LagBN 64, 179); — לְבוּשׁ absolute 2Kgs 10:22 + 9 t.; construct לְבוּשׁ Esth 4:2 + 2 t., לְבֻשׁ Isa 14:19 suffix לְבוּשִׁי Job 30:18 + 3 t.; לְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ Isa 63:2; Prov 27:26 לְבוּשׁוֺ Isa 63:1; Job 41:5, לְבֻשׁוֺ 2Sam 20:8 + 2 t.; לְבוּשָׁהּ Ps 45:14 + 2 t.; לְבוּשְׁכֶן 2Sam 1:24 לְבוּשָׁם Jer 10:9 plural suffix לְבֻשֵׁיהֶם Lam 4:14 — garment, clothing, Gen 49:11 (poem in J ; || סוּתֹה), Job 24:7 ׅ || (כְּסוּת, Job 24:10; Job 30:18; Job 31:19; Prov 27:26; Ps 22:19; Lam 4:14 of women's raiment 2Sam 1:24; Prov 31:22, also figurative וְהָדָר לְבוּשָׁהּ עֹז Prov 31:25 specifically of princess Ps 45:14 of warrior's tunic 2Sam 20:8, compare Isa 63:1; Isa 63:2 (׳ י as warrior); raiment for worshippers 2Kgs 10:22 for mourners, לְבוּשִׁי שָׂ֑ק Ps 35:13, compare Ps 69:12 בִּלְבוּשׁ שָׂק Esth 4:2 of royal apparel מַלְכוּת ׳ ל Esth 6:8; Esth 8:15, compare (without ׳ מ) Esth 6:9; Esth 6:10; Esth 6:11 scaly coat of crocodile לְבוּשׁוֺ ׳ פְּנֵ Job 41:5 cover garment with violence Mal 2:16, figurative of putting away a wife, compare RSK, 269 We; in other figurative uses: — as changed Ps 102:27 (simile of heavens and earth), as covering Ps 104:6 (simile of deep upon earth); of cloud as garment of sea Job 38:9, simile of terrestrial objects in the light Job 38:14.


BDB9638

[לְְבוּשׁ] noun masculine garment (Biblical Hebrew id.); — suffix לְבוּשֵׁהּ Dan 7:9 plural suffix לְבוּשֵׁיהוֺם Dan 3:21.


לָה see לָא above


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לבוש (l’voosh)

Genesis 49:11

KJV: Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
EHCC: he washed his garments in wine,

Genesis 6:15

KJV: And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
EHCC: in royal apparel of blue and white,

Genesis 41:13

KJV: And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
EHCC: (5).can discover the face of his garment 7

Psalms 23:18

EHCC: (19). cast lots upon my vesture.

Proverbs 57:96

EHCC: The lambs (are) for thy athe

Jeremiah 10:9

KJV: Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
EHCC: blue and purple SO vetd clothing :

Lamentations 4:14

KJV: They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.so…: or, in that they could not but touch
EHCC: men could net touch their garments.

Malachi 2:16

KJV: For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.that he…: or, if he hate her, put her awayputting…: Heb. to put away
EHCC: (one) covereth violence with his garment,
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