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STRONGS NUMBER H3847
Transliteration: labash or labesh
Phonetic Spelling: (law-bash')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to put on, wear, clothe, be clothed
Meaning: wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe
Word Summary
labash or labesh: to put on, wear, clothe, be clothed
Original Word: לָבַשׁTransliteration: labash or labesh
Phonetic Spelling: (law-bash')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to put on, wear, clothe, be clothed
Meaning: wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe
Strong's Concordance
in apparel, arm, array self, clothe self, come upon, put on, upon, wearOr labesh {law-bashe'}; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively -- (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3847. labash
or labesh לָבַשׁ לָבֵשׁ verb put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לָבֵישׁ, Assyrian labâšu; Arabic ; Ethiopic ); —
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singularלָבֵשׁ Psalm 93:1 (twice in verse), לָבַשׁ Job 7:5 2t., וְלָבַשׁ (consecutive) Leviticus 6:3 3t.; suffix וּלְבָשֵׁם (consecutive) 16:4; 3feminine singular לָֽבְשָׁה Judges 6:34 2t., etc. (Ezekiel 42:14 read probablyוְלָֽבְשׁוּ Qr, for ילבשׁו Kt, but clause perhaps interpolated, see Co); Imperfect3masculine singular יִלְבַּשׁ Deuteronomy 22:5 +; suffix וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Job 29:14 יִלְבָּשָׁם Exodus 29:30; 1singular suffix אֶלְבָּשֶׁ֑נָּה Song of Solomon 5:3; 3feminine pluralתִּלְבַּשְׁןָ 2 Samuel 13:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singularלְבַשׁ 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 9:2-3t.; construct לְבוּשׁ Daniel 12:6-7, לְבֻשׁ Ezekiel 9:11 3t.; plural construct לְבֻשֵׁי 23:6 2t.; —
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; 6:4; 16:4 (twice in verse); 16:23-24, 32; 21:10; Deuteronomy 22:5; Ezekiel 44:17, 19, and so 42:14 Qr (see above), Jonah 3:5; Song of Solomon 5:3; Esther 4:1; 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 תִּלְבַּשְׁןָ כֵּן 2 Samuel 13:18 (no accusative)
b. very often figurative, put on, be clothed with, with accusative of garment; — רִמָּה בְּשָׂרִי לָבַשׁ 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.; — כַּשִּׁרְיָן צְדָקָה וַיִּלְבַּשׁ 59:17 he (׳י) hath put on righteousness as a breastplate, compare 59:17 (vengeance), Psalm 93:1 (majesty), 93:1 (strength), 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; 26:16; Job 8:22; Psalm 35:26; 109:29, compare 35:18 (cursing).
c. literally put on, object omitted, לִלְבּשׁ נָתַןבֶּ֗֗֗גֶד 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 בּוֺ לָבַשׁ לְבוּשׁאֲ֗֗֗שֶׁר בְּ 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, הַבַּדִּים לְבֻשׁ Ezekiel 9:11; 10:2, 6, 7, compare 23:6, 12; 38:4; Daniel 12:6-7,.
f. figurative: — י ׳וְרוּחַ אֶתגִּֿדְע֑וֺן לָֽבְשָׁה 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; וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי לָבַשְׁתִּי צֶדֶק Job 29:14 and it clothed itself in me, as it were, became incarnate in me.
Pu`al 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`il Perfect3masculine singular suffix הִלְבִּישַׁנִי Isaiah 61:10; 3feminine singular הִלְבִּישָׁה Genesis 27:16; 2masculine singular וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֫ Exodus 28:41 3t.; suffix וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּם (consecutive) 29:8; Numbers 20:26; 1singular suffix וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּיו Isaiah 22:21; 3plural הִלְבִּישׁוּ2 Chronicles 28:15, וְהִלְבִּשׁוּ (consecutive) Esther 6:9; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ Genesis 41:42 5t.; suffix וַיַּלְבִּשֵׁם 3:21; Leviticus 8:13; 3feminine singular תַּלְבִּישׁ Proverbs 23:21, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַלְבֵּשׁ Zechariah 3:4; construct הַלְבִּישׁ Esther 4:4; Participle suffix הַמַּלְבִּשְׁכֶם 1 Samuel 1:24; — clothe, array with.
1 usually with 2 accusative,
a. literal בִּגְדֵישֵֿׁשׁ אֹתוֺ וַיּלְבֵּשׁ Genesis 41:42; 2 Samuel 1:24; Isaiah 22:21; Exodus 28:41; 29:5, 8; 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 39:19 (quivering of horse's neck); Isaiah 50:3; 61:10; Psalm 132:16; 132:18.
2 with accusative garment only, Genesis 27:16 ( + עַליָֿדָיו); figurative, Proverbs 23:21.
3 with accusative of person only, Genesis 3:21; 27:15; 2 Chronicles 28:15 (twice in verse); Esther 4:4; 6:9, 11.
[לְבֵשׁ] verb be clothed (see Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe`al Imperfect accusative אַרְנְּוָנָא: 3 masculine singular יִלְבַּשׁ. Daniel 5:7, 2masculine singular תִּלְבַּשׁ 5:16.
Haph`el Perfect3masculine plural הַלְבִּ֫שׁוּ Daniel 5:29 clothe one (ל) with (accusative).