Lexical Definition

‎לְבוּשׁ‎ lᵉbûwsh (leb-oosh') clothing ^H:N-M
or לְבֻשׁ lᵉbush (leb-oosh'); from ‎לָבַשׁ‎

apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.

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

1) clothing, garment, apparel, raiment

See Greek: ἔνδυμα · ἔνδυσις · ἔχω · ἱμάτιον · ἱματισμός · περιβόλαιον · στολή

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: le.vush (‎ל‎ְ‎בו‎ּ‎ש‎ׁ "garment" לְבוּשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: לְבוּשׁ
‎לְבוּשׁ‎, ‎לְבֻשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Job 30:18} garment, clothing, raiment (on formation compare Ges^{«GKC:84a»§ 84a}. 12 Lag^{BN 64, 179}); — ‎לְבוּשׁ‎ absolute 2Kgs 10:22 + 9 t.; construct ‎לְבוּשׁ‎ Esth 4:2 + 2 t., ‎לְבֻשׁ‎ Isa 14:19 suffix ‎לְבוּשִׁי‎ Job 30:18 + 3 t.; ‎לְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ‎ Isa 63:2; Prov 27:26 ‎לְבוּשׁוֺ‎ Isa 63:1; Job 41:5*, ‎לְבֻשׁוֺ‎ 2Sam 20:8 + 2 t.; ‎לְבוּשָׁהּ‎ Ps 45:14* + 2 t.; ‎לְבוּשְׁכֶן‎ 2Sam 1:24 ‎לְבוּשָׁם‎ Jer 10:9 plural suffix ‎לְבֻשֵׁיהֶם‎ Lam 4:14 — garment, clothing, Gen 49:11 (poem in J; || ‎סוּתֹה‎), Job 24:7 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(כְּסוּת‎, vJob 24:10; Job 30:18; Job 31:19; Prov 27:26; Ps 22:19*; Lam 4:14 of women's raiment 2Sam 1:24; Prov 31:22, also figurative ‎וְהָדָר לְבוּשָׁהּ עֹז‎ vProv 31:25 specifically of princess Ps 45:14* of warrior's tunic 2Sam 20:8, compare Isa 63:1; Isa 63:2 (‎׳‎‎י‎ as warrior); raiment for worshippers 2Kgs 10:22 for mourners, ‎לְבוּשִׁי שָׂ֑ק‎ Ps 35:13, compare Ps 69:12* ‎בִּלְבוּשׁ שָׂק‎ Esth 4:2 of royal apparel ‎מַלְכוּת‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Esth 6:8; Esth 8:15, compare (without ‎׳‎‎מ‎) Esth 6:9; Esth 6:10; Esth 6:11 scaly coat of crocodile ‎לְבוּשׁוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎פְּנֵ‎ Job 41:5* cover garment with violence Mal 2:16, figurative of putting away a wife, compare RS^{K, 269} We; in other figurative uses: — as changed Ps 102:27* (simile of heavens and earth), as covering Ps 104:6 (simile of deep upon earth); of cloud as garment of sea Job 38:9, simile of terrestrial objects in the light vJob 38:14.

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