Strong's Lexicon

H4598

H4598 — מְעִיל

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

Hebrewm`iylnoun mascOccurrences: 28TWOT: 1230b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4598
Word:מְעִיל
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H4603 in the sense of covering
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:28
Transliteration:m`iyl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:meh-eel'
Meaning:1. a robe (i.e. upper and outer garment)
KJV Renderings:cloke, coat, mantle, robe.

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מְעִיל noun masculine 1Sam 2:19 robe (Thes conjecture original meaning cover for √ מעל, compare בגד; Ba ES 15 compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 3060] an outer garment, but against this StaThLz, Apr. 28, 1894, 235); — ׳ מ Exod 28:31 + 18 t.; suffix מְעִילוֺ 1Sam 15:27 מְעִלוֺ Job 1:20; Job 2:12 + 4 t. singular; plural מְעִילִים 2Sam 13:18, (but strike out We Klo Kit Bu SS; original gloss מֵעוֺלָם We Kit Bu); מְעִילֵיהֶם Ezek 26:16exterior garment, robe, worn over the inner tunic ׃ כְּתֹנֶת:

1. worn by men of rank: Saul and Jonathan 1Sam 18:4; 1Sam 24:5; 1Sam 24:12 (twice in verse); princes of the sea Ezek 26:16 Job Job 1:20; Job 2:12 Samuel 1Sam 15:27; 1Sam 28:14 Ezra Ezra 9:3; Ezra 9:5 David clothed with בוץ ׳ מ 1Chr 15:27 (in the procession of the ark); the child Samuel had קָטֹן ׳ מ 1Sam 2:19 — (it had a skirt כנף 1Sam 15:27; 1Sam 24:5; 1Sam 24:12 (twice in verse)).
2. worn by the daughters of David 2Sam 13:18 (but probably strike out, see above)
3. robe of high priest (only P ): מְעִיל הָאֵפוֺד, made of purple stuff, Exod 28:31; Exod 29:5; Exod 39:22 אפוד ומעיל Exod 28:4 הַמְּעִיל Lev 8:7, having שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל skirts Exod 28:34; Exod 39:24; Exod 39:25; Exod 39:26, around which were alternate coloured pomegranates and golden bells, and פִּי הַמְּעִיל, an opening or hole by which it might be drawn over the head Exod 39:28.
4. figurative of attributes (of ׳ י, and of men), קנאה Isa 59:17 צדקה Isa 61:10 משׁפט Job 29:14 בשׁת Ps 109:29.


II. מַ֫עַל see below עלה. מֵעַל see עַל . p. 751, 758f


[מֹ֫עַל], מַעֲלֶה, מַעֲלָה see below עלה.


[מַעֲלִיל, מַעֲלָל] see עלל .


[מַעֲמָד], מָעֳמָד see עמד . מַעֲמָסָה see עמס .


מַעֲמַקִּים see עמק . מַ֫עַן see מַעֲנֶה below I. עָנָה.


מַעֲנֶה, מַעֲנָה, מַעֲנִית see I. ענה .


מְעֹנָה see עון .


Other Resources

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

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