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clothing

Meaning of “clothing”

Sense 1: Garments or covering for the body. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which covers or invests.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
19 occurrences19 verses9 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 22:6

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Matthew 7:15
¶ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 7:15 · retained source text

¶ Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauening wolues.

Matthew 11:8
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 11:8 · retained source text

But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that weare soft cloathing, are in kings houses.

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Covering with or putting on vestments of any kind; providing with garments; investing; covering. CLOTHING, noun 1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering. As for me--my clothing was sackcloth. Psalms 35:13. 2. The art or practice of making cloth. The king took measures to instruct the refugees from Flanders in the art of clothing

volume 1, leaf 411, column 1 (entry starts at OCR line 18)

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