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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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Psalms 69:11
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 69:11 · retained source text

I made sackecloth also my garment: & I became a prouerbe to them.

Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 73:6 · retained source text

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chaine: violence couereth them as a garment.

Psalms 102:26
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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 102:26 · retained source text

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

Psalms 104:2
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 104:2 · retained source text

Who couerest thy selfe with light, as with a garment: who stretchest out the heauens like a curtaine.

Psalms 104:6
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 104:6 · retained source text

Thou coueredst it with the deepe as with a garment: the waters stood aboue the mountaines.

Psalms 109:18
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 109:18 · retained source text

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.

Psalms 109:19
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 109:19 · retained source text

Let it be vnto him as the garment which couereth him: and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

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.

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An article of clothing; collectively, clothing or dress.

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