I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
The 1611 reading
I made sackecloth also my garment: & I became a prouerbe to them.
KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 9:23
Complete exact-word concordance
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
I made sackecloth also my garment: & I became a prouerbe to them.
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chaine: violence couereth them as a garment.
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
They shall perish, but thou shalt indure, yea all of them shall waxe old like a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shalbe changed.
1611 marginal noteHeb. stand
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Who couerest thy selfe with light, as with a garment: who stretchest out the heauens like a curtaine.
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
Thou coueredst it with the deepe as with a garment: the waters stood aboue the mountaines.
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
As he clothed himselfe with cursing like as with his garment: so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.
1611 marginal noteHeb. within him.
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Let it be vnto him as the garment which couereth him: and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Take his garment that is suerty for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
1611 marginal noteChap. 27.13.
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.
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.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
1611 marginal noteChap. 20.16.
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Historical English dictionary sources
An article of clothing; collectively, clothing or dress.