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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3830

לְבוּשׁ

lebushleb-oosh'

clothing

33 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: lᵉbûwsh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3830is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 29
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H3830

a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife

The King James renders it: apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

lebush is rendered "clothing". It stands 33 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:11He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-nine different ways.

The first use

He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

Genesis 49:11לְבֻשׁ֔וֹ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 27 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • clothing5
  • clothing my4
  • clothing her3
  • clothing his3
  • the clothing3
  • clothing its2
  • clothing of2
  • in clothing of2
  • like the clothing2
  • clothing their1
  • clothing your1
  • for clothing your1

and 4 more, 33 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

לְבוֹנָהlebonahfrankincenseUses21
לְבוּשׁlebushgarmentUses2

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 33, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

29 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • לְב֑וּשׁ3
  • לְבוּשָֽׁהּ׃2
  • לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ2
  • בִּלְב֥וּשׁ1
  • בִּלְב֤וּשׁ1
  • בִּלְבוּשׁ֔וֹ1
  • בִּלְבֻשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ ס1
  • הַלְּב֜וּשׁ1
  • הַלְּב֤וּשׁ1
  • הַלְּב֣וּשׁ1
  • כַּלְּב֖וּשׁ1
  • כַּלְּב֣וּשׁ1

and 17 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular5HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4HNcmsc/Sp1bs
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3HNcmsc/Sp3fs
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3HTd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmsc
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HRd/Ncmsa
  • adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HAamsc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine plural1HNcmsc/Sp2fp
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmsc/Sp3mp

Genesis

one use
  • He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

    Genesis 49:11

    • לְבֻשׁ֔וֹlevushonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: clothing his

2 Samuel

two uses
  • O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.

    2 Samuel 1:24

    • לְבוּשְׁכֶֽן׃levushekhennoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine pluraltagged: clothing your
  • And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

    2 Samuel 20:8

    • לְבֻשׁ֗וּlevushunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: clothing his

2 Kings

one use
  • And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.

    2 Kings 10:22

    • לְב֔וּשׁlevushnoun · masculine singulartagged: clothing

Esther

six uses
  • But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.

    Esther 4:2

    • בִּלְב֥וּשׁbilvushpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in clothing of
  • have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.

    Esther 6:8

    • לְב֣וּשׁlevushnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: clothing of
  • Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”

    Esther 6:9

    • הַלְּב֜וּשׁhalevushthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the clothing
  • “Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”

    Esther 6:10

    • הַלְּב֤וּשׁhalevushthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the clothing
  • So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”

    Esther 6:11

    • הַלְּב֣וּשׁhalevushthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the clothing
  • Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

    Esther 8:15

    • בִּלְב֤וּשׁbilvushpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in clothing of

Job

seven uses
  • Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.

    Job 24:7

    • לְב֑וּשׁlevushnoun · masculine singulartagged: clothing
  • Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

    Job 24:10

    • לְב֑וּשׁlevushnoun · masculine singulartagged: clothing
  • With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

    Job 30:18

    • לְבוּשִׁ֑יlevushinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: clothing my
  • if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

    Job 31:19

    • לְב֑וּשׁlevushnoun · masculine singulartagged: clothing
  • when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

    Job 38:9

    • לְבֻשׁ֑וֹlevushonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: clothing its
  • The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

    Job 38:14

    • לְבֽוּשׁ׃levushnoun · masculine singulartagged: clothing
  • Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?

    Job 41:13

    • לְבוּשׁ֑וֹlevushonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: clothing its

Psalms

six uses
  • They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

    Psalms 22:18

    • לְ֝בוּשִׁ֗יlevushinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: clothing my
  • Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

    Psalms 35:13

    • לְב֬וּשִׁיlevushinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: clothing my
  • All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.

    Psalms 45:13

    • לְבוּשָֽׁהּ׃levushahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: clothing her
  • I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

    Psalms 69:11

    • לְבוּשִׁ֣יlevushinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: clothing my
  • They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

    Psalms 102:26

    • כַּלְּב֖וּשׁkalevushpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the clothing
  • You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

    Psalms 104:6

    • כַּלְּב֣וּשׁkalevushpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the clothing

Proverbs

three uses
  • the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

    Proverbs 27:26

    • לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָlilvushekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: for clothing your
  • She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

    Proverbs 31:22

    • לְבוּשָֽׁהּ׃levushahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: clothing her
  • Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.

    Proverbs 31:25

    • לְבוּשָׁ֑הּlevushahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: clothing her

Isaiah

three uses
  • But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.

    Isaiah 14:19

    • לְב֥וּשׁlevushnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: clothing of
  • Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”

    Isaiah 63:1

    • בִּלְבוּשׁ֔וֹbilvushopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in clothing his
  • Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?

    Isaiah 63:2

    • לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָlilvushekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to clothing your

Jeremiah

one use
  • Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.

    Jeremiah 10:9

    • לְבוּשָׁ֔םlevushamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: clothing their

Lamentations

one use
  • They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

    Lamentations 4:14

    • בִּלְבֻשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ סbilvusheihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in clothes their

Ezekiel

one use
  • Then the man clothed in linen with the writing kit at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded.”

    Ezekiel 9:11

    • לְבֻ֣שׁlevushadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the clothed of

Malachi

one use
  • “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

    Malachi 2:16

    • לְבוּשׁ֔וֹlevushonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: clothing his

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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