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garment

Meaning of “garment”

1. An article of clothing or covering worn or placed about the body. 2. Figuratively, something that covers or surrounds as clothing does.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
86 occurrences82 verses28 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 9:23

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Genesis 9:23
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:23 · retained source text

And Shem and Iaphet tooke a garment, and layed it vpon both their shoulders, and went backward, and couered the nakednesse of their father, and their faces were backward, and they saw not their fathers nakednesse.

Genesis 25:25
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 25:25 · retained source text

And the first came out red, all ouer like an hairy garment: and they called his name, Esau.

Genesis 39:12
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 39:12 · retained source text

And shee caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

Genesis 39:13
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 39:13 · retained source text

And it came to passe, when she saw that hee had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth;

Genesis 39:15
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 39:15 · retained source text

And it came to passe, when hee heard that I lifted vp my voice, and cried, that he left his garment with mee, and fled, and got him out.

Genesis 39:16
And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 39:16 · retained source text

And she laid vp his garment by her, vntill her LORD came home.

Genesis 39:18
And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 39:18 · retained source text

And it came to passe as I lift vp my voice, and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

Leviticus 6:10
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 6:10 · retained source text

And the Priest shal put on his linnen garment, & his linnen breeches shal he put vpon his flesh, and take vp the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the Altar, and he shall put them besides the Altar.

Leviticus 6:27
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 6:27 · retained source text

Whatsoeuer shall touch the flesh thereof, shalbe holy: and when there is sprinckled of the blood thereof vpon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinckled, in the holy place.

Leviticus 13:47
¶ The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 13:47 · retained source text

¶ The garment also, that the plague of leprosie is in, whether it bee a woollen garment, or a linnen garment,

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An article of clothing; collectively, clothing or dress.

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