לְבוּשׁ
le.vush (H3830)
clothing
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# Lebush: A Hebrew Word for Clothing The Hebrew word *lebush* (לְבוּשׁ) carries the straightforward meaning of "clothing" or garments worn on the body. Appearing 33 times throughout the biblical text, it represents a common vocabulary item rather than a specialized or rare term, suggesting it was a familiar concept in everyday Hebrew discourse. The word's frequency indicates that the authors of biblical texts regularly needed to reference clothing as a practical element of daily life and narrative description. While the lexicon data provided does not specify particular contexts or variations in usage, the substantial number of occurrences across different biblical books suggests the word was used in diverse literary and historical settings. The simplicity of its definition—without additional qualifiers or narrow technical meanings—indicates that *lebush* functioned as a general term for garments rather than referring to a specific type of clothing or ceremonial dress. This generality would have made it useful for describing clothing across various social classes, time periods, and circumstances within biblical narratives. Understanding *lebush* contributes to recognizing how biblical writers discussed ordinary material aspects of human life. The word's prevalence in the biblical corpus reflects the importance of clothing as both a practical necessity and a narrative element, whether in descriptions of daily life, metaphorical usage, or situations where a person's garments carried symbolic significance.
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Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went along it fell out.
He said to him who kept the wardrobe, “Bring out robes for all the worshipers of Baal!” So he brought robes out to them.
He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a royal crown is set.
Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’ ”
Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.”
Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”
Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.
So that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.
My garment is disfigured by great force. It binds me about as the collar of my tunic.
if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
Who can strip off his outer garment? Who will come within his jaws?
They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.
But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, who are thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit; like a dead body trodden under foot.
Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
Why is your clothing red, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?
There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the engraver and of the hands of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple. They are all the work of skillful men.
They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.
Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, “I have done as you have commanded me.”
One who hates and divorces”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore pay attention to your spirit, that you don’t be unfaithful.