Word Study · Strong's H4063 · Hebrew

מֶדֶו

medev

meh'-dev

“properly, extent, i.e. measure”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, extent, i.e. measure; by implication, a dress (as measured)

Rendered in the KJV as

garment.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
1
inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

מַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם2

How it is rendered · 1

robes their2

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

How it parses · 1

noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmpc/Sp3mp · 2

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

2 Samuel1 of 2 · 50%
1 Chronicles1 of 2 · 50%

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2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 10:4מַדְוֵיהֶ֛םmadveihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralSo Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.here: robes their

1 Chronicles1 occurrence

1 Chronicles 19:4מַדְוֵיהֶ֛םmadveihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralSo Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.here: robes their

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