Words the Bible translates as clothing
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- himationἱμάτιονa garment: a piece of clothing, especially the loose outer robe worn over the tunic
- stolēστολήa fine outer robe: the good clothing a person puts on when appearance matters, marking rank, honor, or heavenly standing
- himatismosἱματισμόςclothingnot studied yet
- levushלְבוּשׁclothing: an article of clothing worn on the body, or a covering pictured as one
- endumaἔνδυμαclothing: what a person puts on, whether garments in general or one particular garment
- esthēsἐσθήςclothing: how a person is dressed, taken as a whole outfit rather than as one particular garment
- adderetאַדֶּרֶתa wide outer cloak: the ample wrap thrown on over the rest of a person's clothing, large or fine enough to mark out the one wearing it
+1 more meaning
- splendor: impressive greatness, whether describing a thing as grand and spreading or naming the grandeur a person holds and can lose
- kesutכְּסוּתa covering: cloth put over the body or over anything, most often clothing.
- malbushמַלְבּוּשׁattire: the outfit someone is dressed in, usually fine or formal enough to be worth remarking on
- skepasmaσκέπασμαclothingnot studied yet
- talboshetתִּלְבֹּשֶׁתclothingnot studied yet
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