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לְבוּשׁ H3830

H3830 is the Hebrew word לְבוּשׁ, transliterated lᵉbûwsh and said leb-oosh'. The King James Version most often renders it apparel.

Word: לְבוּשׁTransliteration: lᵉbûwshSaid: leb-oosh'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 29 verses

What it means

a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife.

Where it comes from

or לְבֻשׁ; from H3847 (לָבַשׁ).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 27 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

apparel 7×clothing 6×garment 4×without clothing 2×garments 1×put on 1×vestments 1×clothed 1×disease is my garment 1×want of clothing 1×also my garment 1×vesture 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.

Verses using לְבוּשׁ

All 29 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 49:11 · KJV

Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

2 Samuel 1:24 · KJV

Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

2 Samuel 20:8 · KJV

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

2 Kings 10:22 · KJV

And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.

Esther 4:2 · KJV

And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

Esther 6:8 · KJV

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

Esther 6:9 · KJV

And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Esther 6:10 · KJV

Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

Esther 6:11 · KJV

Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Esther 8:15 · KJV

And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

Job 24:7 · KJV

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

Job 24:10 · KJV

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

Job 30:18 · KJV

By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

Job 31:19 · KJV

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

Job 38:9 · KJV

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

Job 41:13 · KJV

Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

Psalm 35:13 · KJV

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Psalm 45:13 · KJV

The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

Psalm 69:11 · KJV

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

Psalm 102:26 · KJV

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

Psalm 104:6 · KJV

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

Proverbs 27:26 · KJV

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

Proverbs 31:22 · KJV

She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

Proverbs 31:25 · KJV

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

Isaiah 14:19 · KJV

But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

Isaiah 63:1 · KJV

Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

Isaiah 63:2 · KJV

Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

Jeremiah 10:9 · KJV

Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

Malachi 2:16 · KJV

For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3830 mean?

H3830 is the Hebrew word לְבוּשׁ (lᵉbûwsh), meaning a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife.

How is H3830 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it apparel (7 times), clothing (6 times), garment (4 times), without clothing (2 times), garments (1 time), among others.

How many times does H3830 appear in the Bible?

לְבוּשׁ (lᵉbûwsh) is tagged in 29 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3830 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or לְבֻשׁ; from H3847 (לָבַשׁ).

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