Strong's Lexicon

H4304

H4304 — מִטפַּחַת

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

Hebrewmitpachathnoun femOccurrences: 2TWOT: 818d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4304
Word:מִטפַּחַת
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H2946
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:mitpachath
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mit-pakh'-ath
Meaning:1. a wide cloak (for a woman)
KJV Renderings:vail, wimple.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3366

מִטְפַּ֫חַת noun feminine cloak, absolute הַמִּטְפַּחַת אֲשֶׁרֿ עָלַיִךְ Ruth 3:15 plural הַמִּטְפָּחוֺת Isa 3:22.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מטפחת (mit-pah’-ghath)

Ruth 8:15

EHCC: Bring the vail ( . OF, sheet, OF, יֶ

Isaiah 3:22

KJV: The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
EHCC: the mantles, and the wimples,
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