KJV dictionary & concordance
Wrapping closely in bands or cloths; swaddling clothes are the cloths so used.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Luke 2:7
Complete exact-word concordance
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
And she brought foorth her first borne sonne, and wrapped him in swadling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no roome for them in the Inne.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And this shall be a signe vnto you; yee shall find the babe wrapped in swadling clothes lying in a manger.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Swathing; binding in tight clothes.
