KJV dictionary & concordance
A garment, robe, covering, or clothing worn upon the body.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 22:12
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
¶ Thou shalt make thee fringes vpon the foure quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou couerest thy selfe.
1611 marginal noteHebr. wings.
1611 marginal noteNum. 15.38.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots vpon my vesture.
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
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, They parted my garments among them, and vpon my vesture did they cast lots.
1611 marginal notePsal. 22.18.
They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
They said therefore among themselues, Let not vs rent it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall bee: that the Scripture might bee fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the souldiers did.
1611 marginal notePsal. 22.18
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them vp, and they shall be changed, but thou art the same, and thy yeeres shall not faile?
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
And hee was clothed with a vesture dipt in blood, and his name is called, The word of God.
1611 marginal noteEsa. 63.2.
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
And he hath on his vesture, and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.
1611 marginal noteChap. 17.14.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Vestiment, garment, attire, or clothing.
Clothing; apparel.
[See Vest.] 1. A garment; a robe. There polish'd chests embroider'd vesture grac'd. 2. Dress; garments in general; habit; clothing; vestment; as the vesture of priests. 3. Clothing; covering. Rocks, precipices and gulfs appareled with a vesture of plants. - And gild the humble vestures of the plain. 4. In old law books, the corn with which land was covered; as the vesture of an acre. 5. In old books, seisin; possession. obsolete
