Lexical Definition

‎בֶּגֶד‎ beged (behg'-ed) treachery ^H:N-M
from ‎בָּגַד‎

apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.

• a covering, i.e. clothing
• also treachery or pillage

1) treachery, deceit
2) (CLBL) garment, clothing (used indiscriminately)

See Greek: ἀθέτησις · ἔνδυμα · ἱμάτιον · ἱματισμός · περιβόλαιον · ῥάκος · στολή · χιτών

Extended Information

• (CLBL) garment, clothing (used indiscriminately)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎בֶּ֫גֶד‎ noun [masculine] treachery, Isa 24:16; Jer 12:1.

II. ‎בֶּ֫גֶד‎ noun masculine (except Lev 6:20* ‎עָלֶיהָ‎, but Samaritan ‎עליו‎, compare Di in loco Kö^{i. 182}) garment, covering — Gen 28:2 + 36 t.; suffix ‎בִּגְדוֺ‎ Ezek 9:3 + (14 t. without dag. lene Ges^{Lgb. 94}); plural ‎בְּגָדִים‎ Lev 6:4* + 32 t.; construct ‎בִּגְדֵי‎ Gen 27:15 + 39 t.; suffix ‎בְּגָדֶיךָ‎ 1Kgs 22:20 + 81 t.; ‎בִּגְדֹתֶיךָ‎ Ps 45:9* —

1. garment, clothing, raiment, robe of any kind, from the filthy clothing of the leper to the holy robes of the high priest, the simplest covering of the poor as well as the costly raiment of the rich and noble, used throughout Hebrew Literature: Gen 24:53 (J), Gen 28:20 (E; 14 t. J E), Exod 28:2 + (P 90 t.), Deut 24:17; Judg 8:26 + 4 t., 1Sam 19:13 + 10 t., 1Kgs 1:1 + 23 t., 2Chr 18:9 + (Chronicles 9 t.), Esth 4:1; Esth 4:4; Job 13:28; Job 22:6; Job 37:17; Ps 22:19*; Ps 45:9*; Ps 102:27*; Ps 109:19; Prov 6:27; Prov 20:16; Prov 25:20; Prov 27:13; Eccl 9:8 Isa² Isa 24:16; Isa 36:22; Isa 37:1 Isa³ Isa 50:9 + 10 t.; Jer 12:1 + 3 t., Ezek 16:16 + 13 t.; Joel 2:13; Amos 2:8; Hag 2:12; Zech 3:3; Zech 3:4; Zech 3:5; Zech 14:14 ‎מְלֹא בִגְדוֺ‎ his lapful 2Kgs 4:39.

2. covering, wrapping, of furniture of tabernacle Num 4:6-13 (6 t.); coverlet of a bed 1Sam 19:13.

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