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In Old Testament times the distinction between male and female attire was not very marked. The statute forbidding men to wear female apparel (Deut. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
apparel, raiment, vestment.
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare H8008 (שַׂלְמָה).
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
apparel, clothing, raiment, robe
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
apparel, cloke, clothes, garment, raiment, robe, vesture
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
apparel
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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Strong's Concordance
Indexed occurrences: 6
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In Old Testament times the distinction between male and female attire was not very marked. The statute forbidding men to wear female apparel (Deut. 22:5) referred especially to ornaments and head-dresses. Both men and women wore (1) an under garment or tunic, which was bound by a girdle. One who had only this tunic on was spoken of as "naked" (1 Sam. 19:24; Job 24:10; Isa. 20:2). Those in high stations sometimes wore two tunics, the outer being called the "upper garment" (1 Sam. 15:27; 18:4; 24:5; Job 1:20). (2.) They wore in common an over-garment ("mantle," Isa. 3:22; 1 Kings 19:13; 2 Kings 2:13), a loose and flowing robe. The folds of this upper garment could be formed into a lap (Ruth 3:15; Ps. 79:12; Prov. 17:23; Luke 6:38). Generals of armies usually wore scarlet robes (Judg. 8:26; Nah. 2:3). A form of conspicuous raiment is mentioned in Luke 20:46; comp. Matt. 23:5. Priests alone wore trousers. Both men and women wore turbans. Kings and nobles usually had a store of costly garments for festive occasions (Isa. 3:22; Zech. 3:4) and for presents (Gen. 45:22; Esther 4:4; 6:8, 11; 1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Kings 5:5; 10:22). Prophets and ascetics wore coarse garments (Isa. 20:2; Zech. 13:4; Matt. 3:4).
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Mentioned only Ezek. 13:18, 21, as an article of apparel or ornament applied to the head of the idolatrous women of Israel. The precise meaning of the word is uncertain. It appears to have been a long loose shawl, such as Oriental women wrap themselves in (Ruth 3:15; Isa. 3:22). Some think that it was a long veil or head-dress, denoting by its form the position of those who wore it.
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