Lexicon :: Strong's H3830 - lᵊḇûš

“Tying [fn]his foal to the [strong] vine

And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,

He washes his clothing in wine [because the grapevine produces abundantly],

And his robes in the blood of grapes.

“O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,

Who clothed you [fn]luxuriously in scarlet,

Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

Then Mordecai departed from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, with a large crown of gold and with a robe of fine linen and purple wool; and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

“They spend the night naked, without clothing,

And have no covering against the cold.

“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,

And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.

“By the great force [of my disease] my garment (skin) is disfigured and blemished;

It binds about me [choking me] like the collar of my coat.

If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,

Or any poor person without covering,

When I made the clouds its garment

And thick darkness its swaddling band,

“The earth is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed;

And the things [of the earth] stand out like a [multi-colored] garment.

“Who can penetrate or strip off his outer armor?

Who can come to his jaws with a double bridle?

They divide my clothing among them

And cast lots for my [fn]garment.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);

I humbled my soul with fasting,

And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.

Glorious is the King’s daughter within [the palace];

Her robe is interwoven with gold.

When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning],

I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.

“Even they will perish, but You endure;

Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.

Like clothing You will change them and they shall be changed.

You covered it with the deep as with a garment;

The waters were standing above the mountains.

The lambs will supply wool for your clothing,

And the goats will bring the price of a field.

She makes for herself coverlets, cushions, and rugs of tapestry.

Her clothing is linen, pure and fine, and purple [wool].

Strength and dignity are her clothing and her position is strong and secure;

And she smiles at the future [knowing that she and her family are prepared].

“But you [king of Babylon] have been cast out of your tomb (denied burial)

Like a rejected branch,

Clothed with the slain who are pierced by the sword,

Who go down to the stones of the pit [into which carcasses are thrown],

Like a dead body trampled [underfoot].

Who is this who comes from Edom,

With crimson-stained garments from Bozrah [in Edom],

This One (the Messiah) who is majestic in His apparel,

Marching in the greatness of His might?

“It is I, [the One] who speaks in righteousness [proclaiming vindication], mighty to save.”

Silver that has been beaten [into plates] is brought from [fn]Tarshish,

And gold from [fn]Uphaz,

The work of the craftsman and of the hand of the goldsmith;

Violet and purple are their clothing;

They are all the work of skilled men.

They wandered, blind, in the streets;

They were defiled with blood

So that no one could touch their garments.

Then behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the scribe’s writing case at his side, reported, “I have done just as You have commanded me.”