STRONGS H3847:
Abbreviations
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לָבֵשׁ לָבַשׁ verb put on (a garment),
wear, clothe, be clothed (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
לָבֵישׁ,
Assyrian
labâšu; Arabic
; Ethiopic
); —
Qal Perfect
3rd person masculine singularלָבֵשׁ Psalm 93:1 (twice in verse),
לָבַשׁ Job 7:5 +
2 times,
וְלָבַשׁ (consecutive)
Leviticus 6:3 +
3 times; suffix
וּלְבָשֵׁם (consecutive)
Leviticus 16:4;
3rd person feminine singular לָֽבְשָׁה Judges 6:34 +
2 times, etc. (
Ezekiel 42:14 read probably
וְלָֽבְשׁוּ Qr, for
ילבשׁו Kt, but clause perhaps interpolated, see Co);
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִלְבַּשׁ Deuteronomy 22:5 +; suffix
וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Job 29:14 יִלְבָּשָׁם Exodus 29:30;
1st person singular suffix
אֶלְבָּשֶׁ֑נָּה Songs 5:3;
3rd person feminine pluralתִּלְבַּשְׁןָ 2 Samuel 13:18, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
לְבַשׁ 1 Kings 22:30, etc.;
Infinitive absolute לָבוֺשׁ Haggai 1:6;
construct לִלְבּשׁ Genesis 28:20;
Leviticus 21:10;
Participle active plural
הַלֹּבְשִׁים Zephaniah 1:8;
passive absolute
לָבוּשׁ 1 Samuel 17:5;
Daniel 10:5;
לָבֻשׁ Ezekiel 9:2 +
3 times; construct
לְבוּשׁ Daniel 12:6,
7,
לְבֻשׁ Ezekiel 9:11 +
3 times; plural construct
לְבֻשֵׁי Ezekiel 23:6 +
2 times; —
1. a. literally put on (one's own) garment (accusative) Genesis 38:19; 1 Samuel 28:8; 2 Samuel 14:2; 1 Kings 22:30 2 Chronicles 18:29; Exodus 29:30; Leviticus 6:3; Leviticus 6:4; Leviticus 16:4 (twice in verse); Leviticus 16:23, 24, 32; Leviticus 21:10; Deuteronomy 22:5; Ezekiel 44:17, 19, and so Ezekiel 42:14 Qr (see above), Jonah 3:5; Songs 5:3; Esther 4:1; Esther 5:1; with accusative garment + עַלבְּֿשָׂרוֺ Leviticus 16:3; of putting on armour Jeremiah 46:4; = wear (more or less habitually), with accusative of garment, Isaiah 4:1; Deuteronomy 22:11; Zephaniah 1:8; Zechariah 13:4; of Jerusalem under figure of woman Jeremiah 4:30, of rulers under figure of shepherds Ezekiel 34:3, compare כֵּן תִּלְבַּשְׁןָ 2 Samuel 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 Isaiah 49:18; of pasture, with flocks Psalm 65:14; more often the garment is some abstract quality, e.g. righteousness, majesty, beauty, strength, etc.; — וַיִּלְבַּשׁ צְדָקָה כַּשִּׁרְיָן Isaiah 59:17 he (י׳) hath put on righteousness as a breastplate, compare Isaiah 59:17 (vengeance), Psalm 93:1 (majesty), Psalm 93:1 (strength), Psalm 104:1 (honour and majesty), Isaiah 51:9 (strength); also Job 40:10; said of men, 2 Chronicles 6:41 (salvation), Psalm 132:9 (righteousness), Job 29:14 (id.); of Zion Isaiah 52:1 (twice in verse); also in bad sense, clothed with terror, trembling, shame, etc., Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 26:16; Job 8:22; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 109:29, compare Psalm 35:18 (cursing).
c. literally put on, object omitted, נָתַןבֶּ֗֗֗גֶד לִלְבּשׁ Genesis 28:20; Job 27:17; Infinitive absolute לָבוֺשׁ Haggai 1:6 (there is) a clothing, but he has nothing for warmth.
d. once with בְּ, בּוֹ לָבַשׁ אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗ לְבוּשׁ Esther 6:8.
e. Passive participle, clothed with, chiefly Ezek.; — with accusative of garment, Ezekiel 9:2, 3; Zechariah 3:3; Proverbs 31:21; Daniel 10:5; of wearing armour 1 Samuel 17:5; construct before garment, לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים Ezekiel 9:11; Ezekiel 10:2, 6, 7, compare Ezekiel 23:6, 12; Ezekiel 38:4; Daniel 12:6, 7.
f. figurative: — לָֽבְשָׁה אֶתגִּֿדְע֑וֺן וְרוּחַ י׳ Judges 6:34 and the spirit of י׳ clothed itself with Gideon, i.e. (GFM) took possession of him (compare possessed); so 1 Chronicles 12:18; 2 Chronicles 24:20; צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Job 29:14 and it clothed itself in me, as it were, became incarnate in me.
Pu. only
Participle plural
מְלֻבָּשִׁים arrayed, with accusative of garment
1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9;
5:12; absolute
in full apparel Ezra 3:10.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix
הִלְבִּישַׁנִי Isaiah 61:10;
3rd person feminine singular הִלְבִּישָׁה Genesis 27:16;
2nd person masculine singular וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֫ Exodus 28:41 +
3 times; suffix
וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּם (consecutive)
Exodus 29:8;
Numbers 20:26;
1st person singular suffix
וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּיו Isaiah 22:21;
3rd person plural הִלְבִּישׁוּ 2 Chronicles 28:15,
וְהִלְבִּשׁוּ (consecutive)
Esther 6:9;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ Genesis 41:42 +
5 times; suffix
וַיַּלְבִּשֵׁם Genesis 3:21;
Leviticus 8:13;
3rd person feminine singular תַּלְבִּישׁ Proverbs 23:21, etc.;
Infinitive absolute הַלְבֵּשׁ Zechariah 3:4; construct
הַלְבִּישׁ Esther 4:4;
Participle suffix
הַמַּלְֽֽֽבִּשְׁכֶם 1 Samuel 1:24; —
clothe, array with.
1. usually with 2 accusative,
a. literal וַיּלְבֵּשׁ אֹתוֺ בִּגְדֵישֵֿׁשׁ Genesis 41:42; 2 Samuel 1:24; Isaiah 22:21; Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:5, 8; Exodus 40:13, 14; Leviticus 8:7, 13; Numbers 20:26, 28; Zechariah 3:4, 5; of clothing Jerusalem under figure of infant Ezekiel 16:10; of putting armour on some one 1 Samuel 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); Isaiah 50:3; Isaiah 61:10; Psalm 132:16; Psalm 132:18.
2. with accusative garment only, Genesis 27:16 (+ עַליָֿדָיו); figurative, Proverbs 23:21.
3. with accusative of person only, Genesis 3:21; Genesis 27:15; 2 Chronicles 28:15 (twice in verse); Esther 4:4; Esther 6:9, 11.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H3848.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
3:21; 3:21; 27:15; 27:16; 27:16; 28:20; 28:20; 38:19; 41:42; 41:42
Exodus
28:41; 28:41; 29:5; 29:8; 29:8; 29:30; 29:30; 40:13; 40:14
Leviticus
6:3; 6:3; 6:4; 8:7; 8:13; 8:13; 16:3; 16:4; 16:4; 16:23; 16:24; 16:32; 21:10; 21:10
Numbers
20:26; 20:26; 20:28
Deuteronomy
22:5; 22:5; 22:11
Judges
6:34; 6:34
1 Samuel
1:24; 17:5; 17:5; 17:38; 28:8
2 Samuel
1:24; 13:18; 13:18; 14:2
1 Kings
22:10; 22:30; 22:30
1 Chronicles
12:18
2 Chronicles
5:12; 6:41; 18:9; 18:29; 24:20; 28:15; 28:15
Ezra
3:10
Esther
4:1; 4:4; 4:4; 5:1; 6:8; 6:9; 6:9; 6:11
Job
7:5; 7:5; 8:22; 10:11; 27:17; 29:14; 29:14; 29:14; 39:19; 40:10
Psalms
35:18; 35:26; 93:1; 93:1; 93:1; 104:1; 109:29; 132:9; 132:16; 132:18
Proverbs
23:21; 23:21; 31:21
Song of Songs
5:3; 5:3
Isaiah
4:1; 22:21; 22:21; 49:18; 50:3; 51:9; 52:1; 59:17; 59:17; 61:10; 61:10
Jeremiah
4:30; 46:4
Ezekiel
7:27; 9:2; 9:2; 9:3; 9:11; 9:11; 10:2; 10:6; 10:7; 16:10; 23:6; 23:6; 23:12; 26:16; 34:3; 38:4; 42:14; 42:14; 44:17; 44:19
Daniel
10:5; 10:5; 12:6; 12:6; 12:7; 12:7
Jonah
3:5
Zephaniah
1:8; 1:8
Haggai
1:6; 1:6
Zechariah
3:3; 3:4; 3:4; 3:5; 13:4