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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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Matthew 9:16
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 9:16 · retained source text

No man putteth a piece of new cloth vnto an olde garment: for that which is put in to fill it vp, taketh from the garment, & the rent is made worse.

1611 marginal noteOr, raw, or vnwrought cloth.

Matthew 9:20
¶ And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 9:20 · retained source text

(¶ And behold, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeeres, came behinde him, and touched the hemme of his garment.

Matthew 9:21
For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 9:21 · retained source text

For she said within her selfe, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

Matthew 14:36
And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 14:36 · retained source text

And besought him, that they might onely touch the hemme of his garment; and as many as touched, were made perfectly whole.

Matthew 22:11
¶ And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 22:11 · retained source text

¶ And when the King came in to see the guests, hee sawe there a man, which had not on a wedding garment,

Matthew 22:12
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 22:12 · retained source text

And hee sayth vnto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not hauing a wedding garment? And hee was speechlesse.

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Historical definitions

An article of clothing; collectively, clothing or dress.

volume 1, leaf 824, column 2 (main_dictionary)