Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4370
מִכְנָס
miknasmik-nawce'
undergarment
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: miknâç
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4370is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4370
(only in dual) drawers (from concealing the private parts)
The King James renders it: breeches.
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
miknas is rendered "undergarment". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 28:42Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.
Exodus 28:42מִכְנְסֵי־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in Exodus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and undergarments of3
- undergarments of2
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִכְסֶה | mikseh | covering | Uses16 |
| מִכְשׁוֹל | mikshol | stumbling | Uses14 |
| מִכְתָּב | miktab | writing | Uses9 |
| מִכְוָה | mikvah | burn | Uses5 |
| מִכְלָאָה | miklaah | fold | Uses3 |
| מִכְמֶרֶת | mikmereth | net | Uses3 |
| מִכְסָה | miksah | number | Uses2 |
| מִכְלוֹל | miklol | perfection | Uses2 |
| מִכְלָה | miklah | perfection | Uses1 |
| מִכְלָל | miklal | perfection | Uses1 |
| מִכְלֻל | miklul | perfection | Uses1 |
| מִכְמַן | mikman | hidden | Uses1 |
and 2 more on the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- וּמִֽכְנְסֵי־2
- וּמִכְנְסֵ֣י1
- מִכְנְסֵ֥י1
- מִכְנְסֵי־1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HC/Ncmpc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmpc
Exodus
two uses
Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.
- מִכְנְסֵי־mikhnesei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: undergarments of
as well as the turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands and undergarments of finely spun linen,
- מִכְנְסֵ֥יmikhneseinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: undergarments of
Leviticus
two uses
And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.
- וּמִֽכְנְסֵי־umikhnesei-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and undergarments of
He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.
- וּמִֽכְנְסֵי־umikhnesei-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and undergarments of
Ezekiel
one use
They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.
- וּמִכְנְסֵ֣יumikhneseiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and undergarments of
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 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.