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שִׂמְלָה H8071

H8071 is the Hebrew word שִׂמְלָה, transliterated simlâh and said sim-law'. The King James Version most often renders it raiment.

Word: שִׂמְלָהTransliteration: simlâhSaid: sim-law'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 23 verses

What it means

a dress, especially a mantle.

Where it comes from

perhaps by permutation for the feminine of H5566 (סֶמֶל) (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 23 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

raiment 7×garment 4×clothes 4×cloth 2×only it is his raiment 1×apparel 1×saying thou hast clothing 1×nor clothing 1×own apparel 1×garments 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare H8008 (שַׂלְמָה).

Verses using שִׂמְלָה

All 23 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 9:23 · KJV

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

Genesis 37:34 · KJV

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Genesis 41:14 · KJV

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

Genesis 44:13 · KJV

Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

Genesis 45:22 · KJV

To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

Exodus 3:22 · KJV

But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.

Exodus 12:34 · KJV

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

Exodus 22:27 · KJV

For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

Deuteronomy 8:4 · KJV

Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

Deuteronomy 21:13 · KJV

And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

Deuteronomy 22:3 · KJV

In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

Deuteronomy 22:5 · KJV

The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 22:17 · KJV

And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

Joshua 7:6 · KJV

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

Judges 8:25 · KJV

And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

Ruth 3:3 · KJV

Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

1 Samuel 21:9 · KJV

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

2 Samuel 12:20 · KJV

Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

Proverbs 30:4 · KJV

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

Isaiah 3:6 · KJV

When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

Isaiah 3:7 · KJV

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

Isaiah 4:1 · KJV

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

Isaiah 9:5 · KJV

For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8071 mean?

H8071 is the Hebrew word שִׂמְלָה (simlâh), meaning a dress, especially a mantle.

How is H8071 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it raiment (7 times), garment (4 times), clothes (4 times), cloth (2 times), only it is his raiment (1 time), among others.

How many times does H8071 appear in the Bible?

שִׂמְלָה (simlâh) is tagged in 23 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8071 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: perhaps by permutation for the feminine of H5566 (סֶמֶל) (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath).

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