Strong's Lexicon

H3847

H3847 — לָבַשׁ לָבֵשׁ

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

HebrewlabashverbOccurrences: 111TWOT: 1075

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3847
Word:לָבַשׁ לָבֵשׁ
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:111
Transliteration:labash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:law-bash' (or labesh {law-bashe'}) v.
Meaning:1. (properly) wrap around 2. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
KJV Renderings:(in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.

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לָבֵשׁ לָבַשׁ verb put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed (Late Hebrew id. ; Aramaic לָבֵישׁ, [untranscribed source text 2751] Assyrian labâšu ; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2752]; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2753]); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singularלָבֵשׁ Ps 93:1 (twice in verse), לָבַשׁ Job 7:5 + 2 t., וְלָבַשׁ (consecutive) Lev 6:3 + 3 t.; suffix וּלְבָשֵׁם (consecutive) Lev 16:4 3 feminine singular לָֽבְשָׁה Judg 6:34 + 2 t., etc. (Ezek 42:14 read probablyוְלָֽבְשׁוּ Qr , for ילבשׁו Kt , but clause perhaps interpolated, see Co); Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִלְבַּשׁ Deut 22:5 +; suffix וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Job 29:14 יִלְבָּשָׁם Exod 29:30 1 singular suffix אֶלְבָּשֶׁ֑נָּה Song 5:3 3 feminine pluralתִּלְבַּשְׁןָ 2Sam 13:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singularלְבַשׁ 1Kgs 22:30, etc.;Infinitive absolute לָבוֺשׁ Hag 1:6 construct לִלְבּשׁ Gen 28:20; Lev 21:10 Participle active plural הַלֹּבְשִׁים Zeph 1:8 passive absolute לָבוּשׁ 1Sam 17:5; Dan 10:5 לָבֻשׁ Ezek 9:2 + 3 t.; construct לְבוּשׁ Dan 12:6; Dan 12:7, לְבֻשׁ Ezek 9:11 + 3 t.; plural construct לְבֻשֵׁי Ezek 23:6 + 2 t.; —
1.
a. literally put on (one's own) garment (accusative) Gen 38:19 ; 1Sam 28:8 ; 2Sam 14:2 ; 1Kgs 22:30 = 2Chr 18:29 ; Exod 29:30 ; Lev 6:3; Lev 6:4; Lev 16:4 (twice in verse); Lev 16:23 ; Lev 16:24 ; Lev 16:32 ; Lev 21:10 ; Deut 22:5 ; Ezek 44:17 ; Ezek 44:19 , and so Ezek 42:14 Qr (see above), Jonah 3:5; Song 5:3; Esth 4:1 ; Esth 5:1 with accusative garment + עַלבְּֿשָׂרוֺ Lev 16:3 of putting on armour Jer 46:4 = wear (more or less habitually), with accusative of garment, Isa 4:1; Deut 22:11 ; Zeph 1:8 ; Zech 13:4 of Jerusalem under figure of woman Jer 4:30 , of rulers under figure of shepherds Ezek 34:3, compare כֵּן תִּלְבַּשְׁןָ 2Sam 13:18 (no accusative)
b. very often figurative, put on, be clothed with, with accusative of garment; — לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה Job 7:5 my flesh is clothed (i.e. covered) with worms; of Jerusalem, be clothed with inhabitants Isa 49:18 of pasture, with flocks Ps 65:14 more often the garment is some abstract quality, e.g. righteousness, majesty, beauty, strength, etc.; — וַיִּלְבַּשׁ צְדָקָה כַּשִּׁרְיָן Isa 59:17 he ( ׳ י) hath put on righteousness as a breastplate, compare Isa 59:17 (vengeance), Ps 93:1 (majesty), v Ps 93:1 (strength), Ps 104:1 (honour and majesty), Isa 51:9 (strength); also Job 40:10 said of men, 2Chr 6:41 (salvation), Ps 132:9 (righteousness), Job 29:14 (id. ); of Zion Isa 52:1 (twice in verse); also in bad sense, clothed with terror, trembling, shame, etc., Ezek 7:27; Ezek 26:16 ; Job 8:22 ; Ps 35:26; Ps 109:29, compare Ps 35:18 (cursing).
c. literally put on, object omitted, נָתַןבֶּ֗֗֗גֶד לִלְבּשׁ Gen 28:20 ; Job 27:17 Infinitive absolute לָבוֺשׁ Hag 1:6 (there is) a clothing, but he has nothing for warmth.
d. once with בְּ לְבוּשׁאֲ֗֗֗שֶׁר לָבַשׁ בּוֺ Esth 6:8.
e. Passive participle, clothed with, chiefly Ezek.; — with accusative of garment, Ezek 9:2; Ezek 9:3; Zech 3:3; Prov 31:21 ; Dan 10:5 of wearing armour 1Sam 17:5 construct before garment, לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים Ezek 9:11 ; Ezek 10:2 ; Ezek 10:6; Ezek 10:7, compare Ezek 23:6 ; Ezek 23:12; Ezek 38:4 ; Dan 12:6 ; Dan 12:7 .
f. figurative: — לָֽבְשָׁה אֶתגִּֿדְע֑וֺן ׳ וְרוּחַ י Judg 6:34 and the spirit of ׳ י clothed itself with Gideon, i.e. (GFM) took possession of him (compare [untranscribed source text 2754] possessed); so 1Chr 12:18; 2Chr 24:20 צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Job 29:14 and it clothed itself in me, as it were, became incarnate in me.
Pu`al only Participle plural מְלֻבָּשִׁים arrayed, with accusative of garment 1Kgs 22:10 = 2Chr 18:9; 2Chr 5:12 absolute in full apparel Ezra 3:10 .
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix הִלְבִּישַׁנִי Isa 61:10 3 feminine singular הִלְבִּישָׁה Gen 27:16 2 masculine singular וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֫ Exod 28:41 + 3 t.; suffix וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּם (consecutive) Exod 29:8; Num 20:26 1 singular suffix וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּיו Isa 22:21 3 plural הִלְבִּישׁוּ 2Chr 28:15 , וְהִלְבִּשׁוּ (consecutive) Esth 6:9 Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ Gen 41:42 + 5 t.; suffix וַיַּלְבִּשֵׁם Gen 3:21 ; Lev 8:13 3 feminine singular תַּלְבִּישׁ Prov 23:21 , etc.; Infinitive absolute הַלְבֵּשׁ Zech 3:4 construct הַלְבִּישׁ Esth 4:4 Participle suffix הַמַּלְ˜בִּשְׁכֶם 1Sam 1:24 — clothe, array with.
1. usually with double accusative,
a. literal וַיּלְבֵּשׁ אֹתוֺ בִּגְדֵישֵֿׁשׁ Gen 41:42 ; 2Sam 1:24; Isa 22:21; Exod 28:41; Exod 29:5; Exod 29:8; Exod 40:13 ; Exod 40:14 ; Lev 8:7 ; Lev 8:13 ; Num 20:26 ; Num 20:28; Zech 3:4; Zech 3:5 of clothing Jerusalem under figure of infant Ezek 16:10 of putting armour on some one 1Sam 17:38 (twice in verse).
b. figurative, Job 10:11 thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh; compare Job 39:19 (quivering of horse's neck); Isa 50:3; Isa 61:10; Ps 132:16; Ps 132:18.
2. with accusative garment only, Gen 27:16 ( + עַליָֿדָיו); figurative, Prov 23:21 .
3. with accusative of person only, Gen 3:21; Gen 27:15; 2Chr 28:15 (twice in verse); Esth 4:4; Esth 6:9; Esth 6:11.


BDB9637

[לְבֵשׁ] verb be clothed (see Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Imperfect accusative אַרְנְּוָנָא: 3 masculine singular יִלְבַּשׁ. Dan 5:7, 2 masculine singular תִּלְבַּשׁ Dan 5:16.
Haph`el Perfect 3 masculine plural הַלְבִּ֫שׁוּ Dan 5:29 clothe one (ל) with (accusative).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לבש (lah-vash’)

Job 7:5

KJV: My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
EHCC: My flesh is clothed with worms

Job 29:14

KJV: I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
EHCC: J put on righteousness,

Job 104:1

EHCC: ¢how art clothed with honour and majesty.

Job 44:19

EHCC: and they shall put on garments;

Genesis 28:20

KJV: And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
EHCC: bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Leviticus 21:10

KJV: And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
EHCC: סם put on the garments,

2 Samuel 14:2

KJV: And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
EHCC: and put on now mourning apparel,

2 Chronicles 19:29

EHCC: put thou אס thy robes.

Jeremiah 46:4

KJV: Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
EHCC: put on the brigandines.

Genesis 38:19

KJV: And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
EHCC: and put on the garments of her widowhood.

Genesis 16:4

KJV: And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
EHCC: He shall put on the holy linen

Deuteronomy 22:5

KJV: The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
EHCC: shail ₪ man pxt אס a woman's garment:

2 Chronicles 6:41

KJV: Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
EHCC: lef thy priests, ס Lord God, be clothed with

2 Chronicles 5:1

KJV: Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
EHCC: rt put אס (her) ro: ‘apy

Job 8:22

KJV: They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.shall come…: Heb. shall not be
EHCC: They that hate thee shall be paid rg

Job 27:17

KJV: He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
EHCC: the just shall put (it) on,

Job 29:14

KJV: I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
EHCC: 1 put on righteousness, and it clothed me:

Job 40:10

KJV: Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
EHCC: and array Bey with glory and beauty,

Psalms 85:26

EHCC: let them be clothed with shame

Psalms 109:18

KJV: As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.into his bowels: Heb. within him
EHCC: 49 he clothed himself with cursing

Psalms 182:9

EHCC: Let thy priests be clothed with

Isaiah 4:1

KJV: And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.let…: Heb. let thy name be called upon usto take…: or, take thou away
EHCC: eat our own bread, and wear our own

Isaiah 49:18

KJV: Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
EHCC: thou shalt surely clothe thee with

Isaiah 59:17

KJV: For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
EHCC: For he put om righteousness

Jeremiah 4:30

KJV: And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.face: Heb. eyes
EHCC: thou clothest ‘gel with crimson,

Ezekiel 7:27

KJV: The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.according…: Heb. with their judgments
EHCC: the prince shall be clothed with

Ezekiel 26:16

KJV: Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.trembling: Heb. tremblings
EHCC: they shall clothe themselves with

Ezekiel 44:17

KJV: And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
EHCC: they be clothed with linen garments;

Jonah 8:5

EHCC: proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth,

Zechariah 18:4

EHCC: neither shall they wear ₪ rough. garment

Zephaniah 1:8

KJV: And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.punish: Heb. visit upon
EHCC: all such as are clothed with strange

Zephaniah 184:17

EHCC: B.he (was) armed with a coat of mail;

Proverbs 81:21

EHCC: ai! her houshold (are) clothed with scarlet.

Proverbs 10:7

KJV: The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
EHCC: (him that was) clothed with linen:

Proverbs 28:6

KJV: Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
EHCC: (Which were) clothed with blue,

Proverbs 88:4

EHCC: clothed with all sorts (of armour), .

Daniel 10:5

KJV: Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:a…: Heb. one man
EHCC: a certain man clothed in linen,

Daniel 12:6

KJV: And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?upon…: or, from above
EHCC: said to the man clothed én linen,

Daniel 7:1

KJV: In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.had: Chaldee, sawmatters: or, words
EHCC: heard the man clothed in linen,

Zechariah 8:8

KJV: And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
EHCC: Joshua was clothed with filthy garments,

1 Kings 22:10

KJV: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.void…: Heb. floor
EHCC: having put on their robes,

2 Chronicles 5:12

KJV: Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
EHCC: urrayed in white linen,

Exodus 28:41

KJV: And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.consecrate…: Heb. fill their hand
EHCC: And thou shalt put them upon Aaron

Exodus 29:5

KJV: And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
EHCC: and put upon Aaron the coat,

Exodus 40:18

KJV: And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
EHCC: And thou shalt put upon Aaron :

Numbers 20:26

KJV: And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
EHCC: and put them upon Eleazar

Isaiah 22:21

KJV: And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
EHCC: And I Tall clothe him with thy robe,

Isaiah 61:10

KJV: I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.decketh: Heb. decketh as a priest
EHCC: he hath clothed me with the garments of

Esther 4:4

KJV: So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.chamberlains: Heb. eunuchs
EHCC: sent raiment to clothe Mordecai,

Zechariah 8:4

KJV: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.very…: Heb. multitude of days
EHCC: and I will clothe (lit. and to clothe)....ith

Genesis 8:21

KJV: And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.a sweet…: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfactionfor the imagination: or, through the imagination
EHCC: did the Lord God make coats of skins,

Genesis 27:15

KJV: And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:goodly: Heb. desirable
EHCC: and put then spo Tacob h younger:

Genesis 41:42

KJV: And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;fine…: or, silk
EHCC: and arrayed bim de vestures of fine linen,

Leviticus 8:7

KJV: And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
EHCC: and clothed him with the robe,

Numbers 20:28

KJV: And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
EHCC: and put them upon Eleazar

2 Chronicles 28:15

KJV: And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
EHCC: and arrayed them, and shod them,

Esther 6:11

KJV: Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
EHCC: and arrayed Mordecai,

Job 10:11

KJV: Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.fenced: Heb. hedged
EHCC: Thou hast clothed me with skin

Job 89:19

EHCC: hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

Psalms 182:16

EHCC: J will also clothe her priests with

Proverbs 28:21

KJV: To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
EHCC: drowsiness shall clothe (oman) swith rags.

Isaiah 50:8

KJV: He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.mine…: Heb. the master of my cause?
EHCC: J clothe the heavens with bi ess,

Zechariah 8:5

KJV: And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
EHCC: and clothed him with garmenta,
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