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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.

Definition sources

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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Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 20:16 · retained source text

Take his garment that is suerty for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

1611 marginal noteChap. 27.13.

Proverbs 25:20
As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 25:20 · retained source text

As hee that taketh away a garment in cold weather; and as vineger vpon nitre; so is he that singeth songs to an heauy heart.

Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 27:13 · retained source text

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

1611 marginal noteChap. 20.16.

Proverbs 30:4
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?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 30:4 · retained source text

Who hath ascended vp into heauen, 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 sonnes name, if thou canst tell?

1611 marginal noteIohn. 3.13. iob.38.4. psal.104.3 isa. 40.12.

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Historical definitions

An article of clothing; collectively, clothing or dress.

volume 1, leaf 824, column 2 (main_dictionary)