Strong's Lexicon

H4403

H4403 — מַלבּוּשׁ מַלבּוּשׁ

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

Hebrewmalbuwshnoun mascOccurrences: 8TWOT: 1075b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4403
Word:	מַלבּוּשׁ מַלבּוּשׁ
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3847
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	8
Transliteration:	malbuwsh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mal-boosh' (or malbush {mal-boosh'}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a garment, or (collectively) clothing
KJV Renderings:	apparel, raiment, vestment.

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BDB4323

מַלְבּוּשׁ, [מַלְבֻּשׁ] noun masculine^{Zeph 1:8} raiment, attire; — absolute 2Kgs 10:22 + 2 t.; suffix מַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ Ezek 16:3 plural suffix מַלְבּוּשַׁי Isa 63:3 מַלְבּוּשִׁיהֶם 2Chr 9:4 (twice in verse), מַלְבֻּשֵׁיהֶם 1Kgs 10:5 — raiment, 2Kgs 10:22 (for worshippers, || לְבוּשׁ), Job 27:16 (as wealth); of Jerusalem under figure of infant Ezek 16:13 נָכְרִי ׳ מַל Zeph 1:8 foreign attire (accusative with לָבַשׁ); plural of garments of Solomon's servants 1Kgs 10:5 = 2Chr 9:4a, + 2Chr 9:4b; of ׳ י under figure of warrior Isa 63:3.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מלבוש (mal-boosh’)

2 Kings 10:22

KJV: And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.

EHCC: he brought them forth vestments.

Job 27:16

KJV: Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

EHCC: and prepare raiment as the clay ;

Isaiah 63:3

KJV: I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

EHCC: 1 will stain all my raiment.

Ezekiel 16:18

KJV: And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

EHCC: and thy raiment (was of) fine linen,

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: such as are clothed with strange apparel.