Word Study · Strong's H3682 · Hebrew

כְּסוּת

kesuth

kes-ooth'

Strong's 1890 spelling: kᵉçûwth

“a cover (garment)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a cover (garment); figuratively, a veiling

Rendered in the KJV as

covering, raiment, vesture.

8
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
6
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 8 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 6

כְּ֝ס֗וּת3
כְּס֣וּת1
כְּסוּתָ֥הּ1
כְסוּתוֹ֙1
כְּסוּתְךָ֖1
כְּסוּתָֽם׃ ס1

How it is rendered · 8

[is] a covering of1
[is] covering1
[is] covering his1
a covering1
covering1
covering her1
covering their1
covering your1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 6

noun · feminine singular3
noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcfsa · 3
HNcfsc · 1
HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 1
HNcfsc/Sp3fs · 1
HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 1
HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 1

All 8, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Job3 of 8 · 38%
Exodus2 of 8 · 25%
Genesis1 of 8 · 13%
Deuteronomy1 of 8 · 13%
Isaiah1 of 8 · 13%

Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 20:16כְּס֣וּתkesutnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”here: [is] a covering of

Exodus2 occurrences

Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 22:12כְּסוּתְךָ֖kesutekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYou are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.here: covering your

Job3 occurrences

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 50:3כְּסוּתָֽם׃ סkesutamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralI clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”here: covering their

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