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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

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:23

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Leviticus 19:19
¶ Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 19:19 · retained source text

¶ Yee shall keepe my Statutes: Thou shalt not let thy cattell gender with a diuerse kinde: Thou shalt not sowe thy field with mingled seed: Neither shall a garment mingled of linnen and woollen come vpon thee.

Deuteronomy 22:5
¶ The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 22:5 · retained source text

¶ The woman shall not weare that which pertaineth vnto a man, neither shall a man put on a womans garment: for all that doe so, are abomination vnto the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 22:11
¶ Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 22:11 · retained source text

¶ Thou shalt not weare a garment of diuers sorts, as of woollen, and linnen together.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 19.19.

Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 7:21 · retained source text

When I saw among the spoiles a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of siluer, and a wedge of gold of fiftie shekels weight, then I coueted them, and tooke them, and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the siluer vnder it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. tongue

Joshua 7:24
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 7:24 · retained source text

And Ioshua and all Israel with him tooke Achan the sonne of Zerah, and the siluer, and the garment, and the wedge of golde, and his sonnes, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheepe, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them vnto the valley of Achor.

2 Samuel 13:18
And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 13:18 · retained source text

And shee had a garment of diuers colours vpon her: for with such robes were the Kings daughters, that were virgins, apparelled. Then his seruant brought her out, and bolted the doore after her.

2 Samuel 13:19
¶ And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 13:19 · retained source text

¶ And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of diuers colours that was on her, and layde her hand on her head, and went on, crying.

2 Samuel 20:8
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 20:8 · retained source text

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them: and Ioabs garment that he had put on, was girded vnto him, and vpon it a girdle with a sword fastned vpon his loynes in the sheath thereof, and as hee went forth, it fell out.

1 Kings 11:29
And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 11:29 · retained source text

And it came to passe at that time when Ieroboam went out of Ierusalem, that the Prophet Ahiiah the Shilonite found him in the way: and hee had clad himselfe with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.

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An article of clothing; collectively, clothing or dress.

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