Strong's H3830 · Hebrew
לְבוּשׁ
lᵉbûwsh · /leb-oosh'/
Definition
a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
KJV: apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.
Root / derivation: or לְבֻשׁ; from H3847 (לָבַשׁ);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered לְבוּשׁ across 32 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
32 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
2 Samuel2 verses
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
2 Samuel 20:8When 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.
Esther6 verses
And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
Esther 6:8Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: Let: Heb. Let them bring the royal apparel which the king: Heb. wherewith the king clotheth himself
Esther 6:9And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. bring: Heb. cause him to ride
Esther 6:10Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. let: Heb. suffer not a whit to fall
Esther 6:11Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
Esther 8:15And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. blue: or, violet
Job7 verses
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Job 24:10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
Job 30:18By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
Job 31:19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
Job 38:9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Job 38:14It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
Job 41:13Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? with: or, within
Psalms6 verses
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. humbled: or, afflicted
Psalms 45:13The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
Psalms 69:11I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Psalms 102:26They 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: endure: Heb. stand
Psalms 104:6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
Proverbs3 verses
Isaiah3 verses
But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
Isaiah 63:1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. glorious: Heb. decked
Isaiah 63:2Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H3830 (lᵉbûwsh) mean?
a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
How many times does H3830 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H3830 (לְבוּשׁ) appears in 32 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “clothing.”
How is lᵉbûwsh translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H3830 is rendered as “clothing” (9×), “apparel” (8×), “garment” (7×), “garments” (2×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word לְבוּשׁ come from?
or לְבֻשׁ; from H3847 (לָבַשׁ);