Lexical Definition

‎לָבַשׁ‎ lâbash (law-bash') to clothe ^H:V
or לָבֵשׁ lâbêsh (law-bashe'); a primitive root

(in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.

• properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

1) to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to put on clothes, be clothed, wear
1a2) to put on, be clothed with (fig.)
1b) (Pual) to be fully clothed
1c) (Hiphil) to clothe, array with, dress

See Greek: ἀμφιέννυμι · ἐνδιδύσκω · ἐνδυναμόω · ἐνδύνω · ἐνδύω · ἐξίστημι · περιβάλλω · περιτίθημι

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: le.vash (‎ל‎ְ‎ב‎ֵ‎ש‎ׁ "to clothe" לְבַשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: לְבַשׁ
‎לָבֵשׁ‎ ‎לָבַשׁ‎ verb put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎לָבֵישׁ‎, Assyrian labâšu; Arabic ; Ethiopic ); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular‎לָבֵשׁ‎ Ps 93:1 (twice in verse), ‎לָבַשׁ‎ Job 7:5 + 2 t., ‎וְלָבַשׁ‎ (consecutive) Lev 6:3* + 3 t.; suffix ‎וּלְבָשֵׁם‎ (consecutive) Lev 16:4 3 feminine singular ‎לָֽבְשָׁה‎ Judg 6:34 + 2 t., etc. (Ezek 42:14 read probably‎וְלָֽבְשׁוּ‎ Qr, for ‎ילבשׁו‎ Kt, but clause perhaps interpolated, see Co); Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִלְבַּשׁ‎ Deut 22:5 +; suffix ‎וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי‎ Job 29:14 ‎יִלְבָּשָׁם‎ Exod 29:30 1 singular suffix ‎אֶלְבָּשֶׁ֑נָּה‎ Song 5:3 3 feminine plural‎תִּלְבַּשְׁןָ‎ 2Sam 13:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singular‎לְבַשׁ‎ 1Kgs 22:30, etc.;Infinitive absolute ‎לָבוֺשׁ‎ Hag 1:6 construct ‎לִלְבּשׁ‎ Gen 28:20; Lev 21:10 Participle active plural ‎הַלֹּבְשִׁים‎ Zeph 1:8 passive absolute ‎לָבוּשׁ‎ 1Sam 17:5; Dan 10:5 ‎לָבֻשׁ‎ Ezek 9:2 + 3 t.; construct ‎לְבוּשׁ‎ Dan 12:6; Dan 12:7, ‎לְבֻשׁ‎ Ezek 9:11 + 3 t.; plural construct ‎לְבֻשֵׁי‎ Ezek 23:6 + 2 t.; —

1. a. literally *** put on *** (one's own) garment (accusative) Gen 38:19; 1Sam 28:8; 2Sam 14:2; 1Kgs 22:30 = 2Chr 18:29; Exod 29:30; Lev 6:3*; Lev 6:4*; Lev 16:4 (twice in verse); Lev 16:23; Lev 16:24; Lev 16:32; Lev 21:10; Deut 22:5; Ezek 44:17; Ezek 44:19, and so Ezek 42:14 Qr (see above), Jonah 3:5; Song 5:3; Esth 4:1; Esth 5:1 with accusative garment + ‎עַלבְּֿשָׂרוֺ‎ Lev 16:3 of putting on armour Jer 46:4 = wear (more or less habitually), with accusative of garment, Isa 4:1; Deut 22:11; Zeph 1:8; Zech 13:4 of Jerusalem under figure of woman Jer 4:30, of rulers under figure of shepherds Ezek 34:3, compare ‎כֵּן תִּלְבַּשְׁןָ‎ 2Sam 13:18 (no accusative)
b. very often figurative, put on, be clothed with, with accusative of garment; — ‎לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה‎ Job 7:5 my flesh is clothed (i.e. covered) with worms; of Jerusalem, be clothed with inhabitants Isa 49:18 of pasture, with flocks Ps 65:14* more often the garment is some abstract quality, e.g. righteousness, majesty, beauty, strength, etc.; — ‎וַיִּלְבַּשׁ צְדָקָה כַּשִּׁרְיָן‎ Isa 59:17 he (‎׳‎‎י‎) hath put on righteousness as a breastplate, compare vIsa 59:17 (vengeance), Ps 93:1 (majesty), vPs 93:1 (strength), Ps 104:1 (honour and majesty), Isa 51:9 (strength); also Job 40:10 said of men, 2Chr 6:41 (salvation), Ps 132:9 (righteousness), Job 29:14 (id.); of Zion Isa 52:1 (twice in verse); also in bad sense, clothed with terror, trembling, shame, etc., Ezek 7:27; Ezek 26:16; Job 8:22; Ps 35:26; Ps 109:29, compare vPs 35:18 (cursing).
c. literally put on, object omitted, ‎נָתַןבֶּ֗֗֗גֶד לִלְבּשׁ‎ Gen 28:20; Job 27:17 Infinitive absolute ‎לָבוֺשׁ‎ Hag 1:6 (there is) a clothing, but he has nothing for warmth.
d. once with ‎בְּ‎ ‎לְבוּשׁאֲ֗֗֗שֶׁר לָבַשׁ בּוֺ‎ Esth 6:8.
e. Passive participle, clothed with, chiefly Ezek.; — with accusative of garment, Ezek 9:2; Ezek 9:3; Zech 3:3; Prov 31:21; Dan 10:5 of wearing armour 1Sam 17:5 construct before garment, ‎לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים‎ Ezek 9:11; Ezek 10:2; Ezek 10:6; Ezek 10:7, compare Ezek 23:6; Ezek 23:12; Ezek 38:4; Dan 12:6; Dan 12:7. feminine figurative: — ‎לָֽבְשָׁה אֶתגִּֿדְע֑וֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎וְרוּחַ י‎ Judg 6:34 and the spirit of ‎׳‎‎י‎ clothed itself with Gideon, i.e. (GFM) took possession of him (compare possessed); so 1Chr 12:18*; 2Chr 24:20 ‎צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי‎ Job 29:14 and it clothed itself in me, as it were, became incarnate in me. Pu`al only Participle plural ‎מְלֻבָּשִׁים‎ arrayed, with accusative of garment 1Kgs 22:10 = 2Chr 18:9; 2Chr 5:12 absolute in full apparel Ezra 3:10. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎הִלְבִּישַׁנִי‎ Isa 61:10 3 feminine singular ‎הִלְבִּישָׁה‎ Gen 27:16 2 masculine singular ‎וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֫‎ Exod 28:41 + 3 t.; suffix ‎וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּם‎ (consecutive) Exod 29:8; Num 20:26 1 singular suffix ‎וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּיו‎ Isa 22:21 3 plural ‎הִלְבִּישׁוּ‎ 2Chr 28:15, ‎וְהִלְבִּשׁוּ‎ (consecutive) Esth 6:9 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ‎ Gen 41:42 + 5 t.; suffix ‎וַיַּלְבִּשֵׁם‎ Gen 3:21; Lev 8:13 3 feminine singular ‎תַּלְבִּישׁ‎ Prov 23:21, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎הַלְבֵּשׁ‎ Zech 3:4 construct ‎הַלְבִּישׁ‎ Esth 4:4 Participle suffix ‎הַמַּלְ˜בִּשְׁכֶם‎ 1Sam 1:24 — clothe, array with.

1. usually with 2 accusative,
a. literal ‎וַיּלְבֵּשׁ אֹתוֺ בִּגְדֵישֵֿׁשׁ‎ Gen 41:42; 2Sam 1:24; Isa 22:21; Exod 28:41; Exod 29:5; Exod 29:8; Exod 40:13; Exod 40:14; Lev 8:7; Lev 8:13; Num 20:26; Num 20:28; Zech 3:4; Zech 3:5 of clothing Jerusalem under figure of infant Ezek 16:10 of putting armour on some one 1Sam 17:38 (twice in verse).
b. figurative, Job 10:11 thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh; compare Job 39:19 (quivering of horse's neck); Isa 50:3; Isa 61:10; Ps 132:16; Ps 132:18.

2. with accusative garment only, Gen 27:16 ( + ‎עַליָֿדָיו‎); figurative, Prov 23:21.

3. with accusative of person only, Gen 3:21; Gen 27:15; 2Chr 28:15 (twice in verse); Esth 4:4; Esth 6:9; Esth 6:11.

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