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Lexicon :: Strong's H3847 - lāḇaš

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לָבַשׁ
Transliteration
lāḇaš
Pronunciation
law-bash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1075

Strong’s Definitions

לָבַשׁ lâbash, law-bash'; or לָבֵשׁ lâbêsh; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively:—(in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 112x

The KJV translates Strong's H3847 in the following manner: clothe (51x), put on (22x), put (18x), array (6x), wear (4x), armed (3x), came (3x), apparel (1x), apparelled (1x), clothed them (1x), came upon (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 112x
The KJV translates Strong's H3847 in the following manner: clothe (51x), put on (22x), put (18x), array (6x), wear (4x), armed (3x), came (3x), apparel (1x), apparelled (1x), clothed them (1x), came upon (1x), variant (1x).
  1. to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed

    1. (Qal)

      1. to put on clothes, be clothed, wear

      2. to put on, be clothed with (fig.)

    2. (Pual) to be fully clothed

    3. (Hiphil) to clothe, array with, dress

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָבַשׁ lâbash, law-bash'; or לָבֵשׁ lâbêsh; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively:—(in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
STRONGS H3847: Abbreviations
לָבֵשׁ לָבַשׁ verb put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לָבֵישׁ, bdb052712 Assyrian labâšu; Arabic bdb052713; Ethiopic bdb052714); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singularלָבֵשׁ Psalm 93:1 (twice in verse), לָבַשׁ Job 7:5 + 2 times, וְלָבַשׁ (consecutive) Leviticus 6:3 + 3 times; suffix וּלְבָשֵׁם (consecutive) Leviticus 16:4; 3rd person feminine singular לָֽבְשָׁה Judges 6:34 + 2 times, etc. (Ezekiel 42:14 read probablyוְלָֽבְשׁוּ Qr, for ילבשׁו Kt, but clause perhaps interpolated, see Co); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִלְבַּשׁ Deuteronomy 22:5 +; suffix וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Job 29:14 יִלְבָּשָׁם Exodus 29:30; 1st person singular suffix אֶלְבָּשֶׁ֑נָּה Songs 5:3; 3rd person feminine pluralתִּלְבַּשְׁןָ 2 Samuel 13:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singularלְבַשׁ 1 Kings 22:30, etc.;Infinitive absolute לָבוֺשׁ Haggai 1:6; construct לִלְבּשׁ Genesis 28:20; Leviticus 21:10; Participle active plural הַלֹּבְשִׁים Zephaniah 1:8; passive absolute לָבוּשׁ 1 Samuel 17:5; Daniel 10:5; לָבֻשׁ Ezekiel 9:2 + 3 times; construct לְבוּשׁ Daniel 12:6, 7, לְבֻשׁ Ezekiel 9:11 + 3 times; plural construct לְבֻשֵׁי Ezekiel 23:6 + 2 times; —
1. a. literally put on (one's own) garment (accusative) Genesis 38:19; 1 Samuel 28:8; 2 Samuel 14:2; 1 Kings 22:30 2 Chronicles 18:29; Exodus 29:30; Leviticus 6:3; Leviticus 6:4; Leviticus 16:4 (twice in verse); Leviticus 16:23, 24, 32; Leviticus 21:10; Deuteronomy 22:5; Ezekiel 44:17, 19, and so Ezekiel 42:14 Qr (see above), Jonah 3:5; Songs 5:3; Esther 4:1; Esther 5:1; with accusative garment + עַלבְּֿשָׂרוֺ Leviticus 16:3; of putting on armour Jeremiah 46:4; = wear (more or less habitually), with accusative of garment, Isaiah 4:1; Deuteronomy 22:11; Zephaniah 1:8; Zechariah 13:4; of Jerusalem under figure of woman Jeremiah 4:30, of rulers under figure of shepherds Ezekiel 34:3, compare כֵּן תִּלְבַּשְׁןָ 2 Samuel 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 Isaiah 49:18; of pasture, with flocks Psalm 65:14; more often the garment is some abstract quality, e.g. righteousness, majesty, beauty, strength, etc.; — וַיִּלְבַּשׁ צְדָקָה כַּשִּׁרְיָן Isaiah 59:17 he (י׳) hath put on righteousness as a breastplate, compare Isaiah 59:17 (vengeance), Psalm 93:1 (majesty), Psalm 93:1 (strength), Psalm 104:1 (honour and majesty), Isaiah 51:9 (strength); also Job 40:10; said of men, 2 Chronicles 6:41 (salvation), Psalm 132:9 (righteousness), Job 29:14 (id.); of Zion Isaiah 52:1 (twice in verse); also in bad sense, clothed with terror, trembling, shame, etc., Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 26:16; Job 8:22; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 109:29, compare Psalm 35:18 (cursing).
c. literally put on, object omitted, נָתַןבֶּ֗֗֗גֶד לִלְבּשׁ Genesis 28:20; Job 27:17; Infinitive absolute לָבוֺשׁ Haggai 1:6 (there is) a clothing, but he has nothing for warmth.
d. once with בְּ, בּוֹ לָבַשׁ אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗ לְבוּשׁ Esther 6:8.
e. Passive participle, clothed with, chiefly Ezek.; — with accusative of garment, Ezekiel 9:2, 3; Zechariah 3:3; Proverbs 31:21; Daniel 10:5; of wearing armour 1 Samuel 17:5; construct before garment, לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים Ezekiel 9:11; Ezekiel 10:2, 6, 7, compare Ezekiel 23:6, 12; Ezekiel 38:4; Daniel 12:6, 7.
f. figurative: — לָֽבְשָׁה אֶתגִּֿדְע֑וֺן וְרוּחַ י׳ Judges 6:34 and the spirit of י׳ clothed itself with Gideon, i.e. (GFM) took possession of him (compare bdb052801 possessed); so 1 Chronicles 12:18; 2 Chronicles 24:20; צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי Job 29:14 and it clothed itself in me, as it were, became incarnate in me.
Pu. only Participle plural מְלֻבָּשִׁים arrayed, with accusative of garment 1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; 5:12; absolute in full apparel Ezra 3:10.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix הִלְבִּישַׁנִי Isaiah 61:10; 3rd person feminine singular הִלְבִּישָׁה Genesis 27:16; 2nd person masculine singular וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֫ Exodus 28:41 + 3 times; suffix וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּם (consecutive) Exodus 29:8; Numbers 20:26; 1st person singular suffix וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּיו Isaiah 22:21; 3rd person plural הִלְבִּישׁוּ 2 Chronicles 28:15, וְהִלְבִּשׁוּ (consecutive) Esther 6:9; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ Genesis 41:42 + 5 times; suffix וַיַּלְבִּשֵׁם Genesis 3:21; Leviticus 8:13; 3rd person feminine singular תַּלְבִּישׁ Proverbs 23:21, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַלְבֵּשׁ Zechariah 3:4; construct הַלְבִּישׁ Esther 4:4; Participle suffix הַמַּלְֽֽֽבִּשְׁכֶם 1 Samuel 1:24; — clothe, array with.
1. usually with 2 accusative,
a. literal וַיּלְבֵּשׁ אֹתוֺ בִּגְדֵישֵֿׁשׁ Genesis 41:42; 2 Samuel 1:24; Isaiah 22:21; Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:5, 8; Exodus 40:13, 14; Leviticus 8:7, 13; Numbers 20:26, 28; Zechariah 3:4, 5; of clothing Jerusalem under figure of infant Ezekiel 16:10; of putting armour on some one 1 Samuel 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); Isaiah 50:3; Isaiah 61:10; Psalm 132:16; Psalm 132:18.
2. with accusative garment only, Genesis 27:16 (+ עַליָֿדָיו); figurative, Proverbs 23:21.
3. with accusative of person only, Genesis 3:21; Genesis 27:15; 2 Chronicles 28:15 (twice in verse); Esther 4:4; Esther 6:9, 11.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3848.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:21; 3:21; 27:15; 27:16; 27:16; 28:20; 28:20; 38:19; 41:42; 41:42

Exodus

28:41; 28:41; 29:5; 29:8; 29:8; 29:30; 29:30; 40:13; 40:14

Leviticus

6:3; 6:3; 6:4; 8:7; 8:13; 8:13; 16:3; 16:4; 16:4; 16:23; 16:24; 16:32; 21:10; 21:10

Numbers

20:26; 20:26; 20:28

Deuteronomy

22:5; 22:5; 22:11

Judges

6:34; 6:34

1 Samuel

1:24; 17:5; 17:5; 17:38; 28:8

2 Samuel

1:24; 13:18; 13:18; 14:2

1 Kings

22:10; 22:30; 22:30

1 Chronicles

12:18

2 Chronicles

5:12; 6:41; 18:9; 18:29; 24:20; 28:15; 28:15

Ezra

3:10

Esther

4:1; 4:4; 4:4; 5:1; 6:8; 6:9; 6:9; 6:11

Job

7:5; 7:5; 8:22; 10:11; 27:17; 29:14; 29:14; 29:14; 39:19; 40:10

Psalms

35:18; 35:26; 93:1; 93:1; 93:1; 104:1; 109:29; 132:9; 132:16; 132:18

Proverbs

23:21; 23:21; 31:21

Song of Songs

5:3; 5:3

Isaiah

4:1; 22:21; 22:21; 49:18; 50:3; 51:9; 52:1; 59:17; 59:17; 61:10; 61:10

Jeremiah

4:30; 46:4

Ezekiel

7:27; 9:2; 9:2; 9:3; 9:11; 9:11; 10:2; 10:6; 10:7; 16:10; 23:6; 23:6; 23:12; 26:16; 34:3; 38:4; 42:14; 42:14; 44:17; 44:19

Daniel

10:5; 10:5; 12:6; 12:6; 12:7; 12:7

Jonah

3:5

Zephaniah

1:8; 1:8

Haggai

1:6; 1:6

Zechariah

3:3; 3:4; 3:4; 3:5; 13:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3847 matches the Hebrew לָבַשׁ (lāḇaš),
which occurs 111 times in 102 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Job 10:11–Zec 3:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:11 -

Clothe H3847 me with skin and flesh,

And knit me together with bones and sinews?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:17 -

He may prepare it, but the righteous will wear H3847 it,

And the innocent will divide the silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:14 -

“I clothed H3847 myself with righteousness, and it clothed H3847 me;

My justice was like a robe and a turban.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:19 -

“Do you give the horse his might?

Do you clothe H3847 his neck with a mane?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:10 -

“Adorn yourself with exaltation and loftiness,

And clothe H3847 yourself H3847 with splendor and majesty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:26 -

Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who are glad at the evil done to me;

Let those be clothed H3847 with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:13 -

The meadows are clothed H3847 with flocks

And the valleys are covered with grain;

They make a loud shout, indeed, they sing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:1 -

Yahweh [fn]reigns, He is clothed H3847 with majesty;

Yahweh has clothed H3847 and girded Himself with strength;

Indeed, the world is established, it will not be shaken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:1 -

Bless Yahweh, O my soul!

O Yahweh my God, You are very great;

You are clothed H3847 with splendor and majesty,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:18 -

But he clothed H3847 himself with cursing as his garment,

And it came into his inward parts like water

And like oil into his bones.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:29 -

[fn]Let my accusers be clothed H3847 with dishonor,

And [fn]let them wrap themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:9 -

Let Your priests be clothed H3847 with righteousness,

And let Your holy ones sing for joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:16 -

“Her priests also I will clothe H3847 with salvation,

And her holy ones will sing loudly for joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:18 -

“His enemies I will clothe H3847 with shame,

But upon him, his crown shall blossom.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:21 -

For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,

And drowsiness will clothe H3847 them with rags.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:21 -

Lamedh

She is not afraid of the snow for her household,

For all her household are clothed H3847 with scarlet.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 -

“I have taken off my long-sleeved garment,

How can I put H3847 it on H3847 again?

I have washed my feet,

How can I dirty them again?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:1 -

And seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear H3847 our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:21 -

And I will clothe H3847 him with your tunic

And tie your sash securely about him.

I will give your [fn]authority into his hand,

And he will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:18 -

“Lift up your eyes and look around;

All of them gather together; they come to you.

As I live,” declares Yahweh,

“You will surely put H3847 on H3847 all of them as [fn]jewels and bind them on as a bride.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:3 -

“I clothe H3847 the heavens with blackness

And make sackcloth their covering.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:9 -

Awake, awake, put H3847 on H3847 strength, O arm of Yahweh;

Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago.

Was it not You who chopped Rahab in pieces,

Who pierced the dragon?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:1 -

Awake, awake,

Clothe H3847 yourself H3847 in your strength, O Zion;

Clothe H3847 yourself H3847 in your glorious garments,

O Jerusalem, the holy city;

For the uncircumcised and the unclean

Will no longer come into you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:17 -

He put H3847 on H3847 righteousness like a breastplate,

And a helmet of salvation on His head;

And He put H3847 on H3847 garments of vengeance for clothing

And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 -

I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh;

My soul will rejoice in my God,

For He has clothed H3847 me with garments of salvation,

He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,

As a bridegroom decks himself with a headdress,

And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 -

And you, O devastated one, what will you do?

Although you dress H3847 in scarlet,

Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,

Although you enlarge your eyes with paint,

In vain you make yourself beautiful.

Your [fn]lovers despise you;

They seek your life.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:4 -

“Harness the horses,

And [fn]mount the steeds,

And take your stand with helmets on!

Polish the spears,

Put H3847 on H3847 the scale-armor!

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - ‘The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed H3847 with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land will be dismayed. According to their way I will deal with them, and by their judgments I will judge them. And they will know that I am Yahweh.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And behold, six men were coming from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his shattering weapon in his hand; and among them was a certain man clothed H3847 in linen with a [fn]scribe’s case at his loins. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:3 -

Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the house of Yahweh. And He called to the man clothed H3847 in linen at whose loins was the [fn]scribe’s case.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:2 - And He spoke to the man clothed H3847 in linen and said, “Enter between the whirling wheels under the [fn]cherubim and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And he entered in my sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:6 -

Now it happened that when He commanded the man clothed H3847 in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” he entered and stood beside a wheel.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:7 - Then the cherub sent forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire which was between the cherubim, took some up, and put it into the hands of the one clothed H3847 in linen, who took it and went out.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10 - “I also clothed H3847 you with embroidered cloth and put sandals of porpoise skin on your feet; and I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - who were clothed H3847 in purple, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - “She lusted after the [fn]Assyrians, governors and officials, the ones near, magnificently dressed H3847, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable choice men.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - “Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe H3847 themselves with [fn]trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment, and be appalled at you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:3 - “You eat the fat and clothe H3847 yourselves H3847 with the wool; you sacrifice the fat sheep without shepherding the flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:4 - “I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your military force, horses and horsemen, all of them [fn]magnificently dressed H3847, a great assembly with large shield and shield, all of them [fn]wielding swords;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:14 - “When the priests enter, then they shall not go out into the outer court from the sanctuary [fn]without laying there their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put H3847 on H3847 other garments; then they shall come near to that which is for the people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:17 - “And it will be that when they enter at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed H3847 with linen garments; and wool shall not [fn]be on them while they are ministering in the gates of the inner court and in the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19 - “And when they go out into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put H3847 on H3847 other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:5 - I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man dressed H3847 in linen, whose loins were girded with a belt of pure fine gold of Uphaz.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - And one said to the man dressed H3847 in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be until the end of these wonders?”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - And I heard the man dressed H3847 in linen, who was above the waters of the river, [fn]as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a [fn]time, [fn]times, and half a [fn]time; and as soon as [fn]they complete shattering the [fn]power of the holy people, all these events will be completed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 -

And the [fn]people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put H3847 on H3847 sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:8 -

“Then it will be on the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice

That I will punish the princes, the king’s sons,

And all who clothe H3847 themselves with foreign garments.

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - “You have sown much, but bring in little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is [fn]not enough to become drunk; you put H3847 on H3847 clothing H3847, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:3 - Now Joshua was clothed H3847 with filthy garments and standing before the angel.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:4 - And he answered and spoke to those who were standing before him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have made your iniquity pass away from you and [fn]will clothe H3847 you with festal robes.”

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