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Word Study · Strong's H4374 · Hebrew

מְכַסֶּה

mekasseh

mek-as-seh'

Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉkaççeh

a covering, i.e. garment

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a covering, i.e. garment; specifically, a coverlet (for a bed), an awning (from the sun); also the omentum (as covering the intestines)

Rendered in the KJV as

clothing, to cover, that which covereth.

  • 4
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 3 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 4
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 4 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 4

  • וְהַֽמְכַסֶּה֙1
  • וְלִמְכַסֶּ֥ה1
  • וּמְכַסֶּ֖יךָ1
  • מְכַסֵּֽךְ׃1

How it is rendered · 4

  • and coverings your1
  • and for covering1
  • and the covering1
  • covering your1

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

How it parses · 4

  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HC/Ncmsc/Sp2ms · 1
  • HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
  • HC/Td/Ncmsa · 1
  • HNcmsc/Sp2fs · 1

All 4, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

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Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).