3830. lebush
Berean Strong's Lexicon
lebush: Garment, clothing, apparel

Original Word: לְבוּשׁ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: lebush
Pronunciation: leh-BOOSH
Phonetic Spelling: (leb-oosh')
Definition: Garment, clothing, apparel
Meaning: a garment, a wife

Word Origin: Derived from the root verb לָבַשׁ (lavash), meaning "to clothe" or "to wear."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2440 (himation): Refers to a garment or outer clothing.

- G1742 (enduma): Refers to clothing or apparel.

Usage: The Hebrew word "lebush" refers to clothing or garments. It is used in the Bible to describe physical attire, often symbolizing one's status, role, or condition. Clothing in biblical times was not only functional but also carried significant cultural and symbolic meanings.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, clothing was an important aspect of daily life and social identity. Garments could indicate a person's social status, profession, or religious role. For example, priests wore specific garments for their duties, and royalty had distinctive attire. Clothing was also used metaphorically in Scripture to describe spiritual states, such as righteousness or sinfulness.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from labash
Definition
a garment, clothing, raiment
NASB Translation
apparel (3), armor (1), attire* (1), clothed (2), clothing (12), dressed* (1), garment (5), garments (3), robe (3), robes (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
לְבוּשׁ, לְבֻשׁ noun masculineJob 30:18 garment, clothing, raiment (on formation compare Ges§ 84a. 12 LagBN 64, 179); — לְבוּשׁ absolute 2 Kings 10:22 9t.; construct לְבוּשׁ Esther 4:2 2t., לְבֻשׁ Isaiah 14:19; suffix לְבוּשִׁי Job 30:18 3t.; לְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ Isaiah 63:2; Proverbs 27:26; לְבוּשׁוֺ Isaiah 63:1; Job 41:5, לְבֻשׁוֺ 2 Samuel 20:8 2t.; לְבוּשָׁהּ Psalm 45:14 2t.; לְבוּשְׁכֶן 2 Samuel 1:24; לְבוּשָׁם Jeremiah 10:9; plural suffix לְבֻשֵׁיהֶם Lamentations 4:14; — garment, clothing, Genesis 49:11 (poem in J; "" סוּתֹה), Job 24:7 ׅ "" (כְּסוּת, Job 24:10; Job 30:18; Job 31:19; Proverbs 27:26; Psalm 22:19; Lamentations 4:14; of women's raiment 2 Samuel 1:24; Proverbs 31:22, also figurative וְהָדָר לְבוּשָׁהּ עֹז Proverbs 31:25; specifically of princess Psalm 45:14; of warrior's tunic 2 Samuel 20:8, compare Isaiah 63:1,2(׳י as warrior); raiment for worshippers 2 Kings 10:22; for mourners, לְבוּשִׁי שָׂ֑ק Psalm 35:13, compare Psalm 69:12; בִּלְבוּשׁ שָׂק Esther 4:2; of royal apparel מַלְכוּת ׳ל Esther 6:8; Esther 8:15, compare (without ׳מ) Esther 6:9,10,11; scaly coat of crocodile לְבוּשׁוֺ ׳מְּנֵ Job 41:5; cover garment with violence Malachi 2:16, figurative of putting away a wife, compare RSK, 269 We; in other figurative uses: — as changed Psalm 102:27 (simile of heavens and earth), as covering Psalm 104:6 (simile of deep upon earth); of cloud as garment of sea Job 38:9, simile of terrestrial objects in the light Job 38:14.

[לְְבוּשׁ] noun masculine garment (Biblical Hebrew id.); — suffix לְבוּשֵׁהּ Daniel 7:9; plural suffix לְבוּשֵׁיהוֺם Daniel 3:21.

לָה see לָאabove

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture

Or lbush {leb-oosh'}; from labash; a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphem.) A wife -- apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.

see HEBREW labash

Forms and Transliterations
בִּלְב֤וּשׁ בִּלְב֥וּשׁ בִּלְבֻשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ בִּלְבוּשׁ֔וֹ בלבוש בלבושו בלבשיהם׃ הַלְּב֜וּשׁ הַלְּב֣וּשׁ הַלְּב֤וּשׁ הלבוש כַּלְּב֖וּשׁ כַּלְּב֣וּשׁ כלבוש לְ֝בוּשִׁ֗י לְב֑וּשׁ לְב֔וּשׁ לְב֣וּשׁ לְב֥וּשׁ לְב֬וּשִׁי לְבֻ֣שׁ לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ לְבֻשׁ֔וֹ לְבֻשׁ֗וּ לְבֽוּשׁ׃ לְבוּשְׁכֶֽן׃ לְבוּשִׁ֑י לְבוּשִׁ֣י לְבוּשָֽׁהּ׃ לְבוּשָׁ֑הּ לְבוּשָׁ֔ם לְבוּשׁ֑וֹ לְבוּשׁ֔וֹ לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ לבוש לבוש׃ לבושה לבושה׃ לבושו לבושי לבושכן׃ לבושם לבש לבשו ללבושך bil·ḇu·šê·hem bil·ḇū·šōw bil·ḇūš bilḇūš bilḇušêhem bilḇūšōw bilVush bilvusheiHem bilvuSho hal·lə·ḇūš halləḇūš halleVush kal·lə·ḇūš kalləḇūš kalleVush lə·ḇū·šāh lə·ḇū·šām lə·ḇū·šə·ḵen lə·ḇū·šî lə·ḇu·šōw lə·ḇū·šōw lə·ḇu·šū lə·ḇuš lə·ḇūš ləḇuš ləḇūš ləḇūšāh ləḇūšām ləḇūšəḵen ləḇūšî ləḇušōw ləḇūšōw ləḇušū leVush levuShah levuSham levusheChen levuShi levuSho levuShu lil·ḇū·še·ḵā lilḇūšeḵā lilvuShecha
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Genesis 49:11
HEB: כִּבֵּ֤ס בַּיַּ֙יִן֙ לְבֻשׁ֔וֹ וּבְדַם־ עֲנָבִ֖ים
NAS: He washes his garments in wine,
KJV: he washed his garments in wine,
INT: He washes wine his garments the blood of grapes

2 Samuel 1:24
HEB: זָהָ֔ב עַ֖ל לְבוּשְׁכֶֽן׃
NAS: ornaments of gold on your apparel.
KJV: of gold upon your apparel.
INT: of gold on your apparel

2 Samuel 20:8
HEB: חָג֣וּר ׀ מִדּ֣וֹ לְבֻשׁ֗וּ [וְעָלֹו כ]
NAS: was dressed in his military attire, and over
KJV: garment that he had put on was girded
INT: was girded garment on and over A belt

2 Kings 10:22
HEB: הַמֶּלְתָּחָ֔ה הוֹצֵ֣א לְב֔וּשׁ לְכֹ֖ל עֹבְדֵ֣י
NAS: Bring out garments for all
KJV: Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers
INT: of the wardrobe Bring garments for all the worshipers

Esther 4:2
HEB: שַׁ֥עַר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בִּלְב֥וּשׁ שָֽׂק׃
NAS: the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.
KJV: gate clothed with sackcloth.
INT: gate the king's clothed sackcloth

Esther 6:8
HEB: יָבִ֙יאוּ֙ לְב֣וּשׁ מַלְכ֔וּת אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: a royal robe which
KJV: Let the royal apparel be brought
INT: bring robe A royal which

Esther 6:9
HEB: וְנָת֨וֹן הַלְּב֜וּשׁ וְהַסּ֗וּס עַל־
NAS: and let the robe and the horse
KJV: And let this apparel and horse
INT: over the robe and the horse and

Esther 6:10
HEB: קַ֣ח אֶת־ הַלְּב֤וּשׁ וְאֶת־ הַסּוּס֙
NAS: quickly the robes and the horse
KJV: [and] take the apparel and the horse,
INT: quickly Take the robes and the horse you

Esther 6:11
HEB: הָמָן֙ אֶת־ הַלְּב֣וּשׁ וְאֶת־ הַסּ֔וּס
NAS: took the robe and the horse,
KJV: Haman the apparel and the horse,
INT: took Haman the robe and the horse and arrayed

Esther 8:15
HEB: מִלִּפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ בִּלְב֤וּשׁ מַלְכוּת֙ תְּכֵ֣לֶת
NAS: in royal robes of blue
KJV: in royal apparel of blue
INT: the presence of the king robes royal of blue

Job 24:7
HEB: יָ֭לִינוּ מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת
NAS: without clothing, And have no
KJV: to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering
INT: spend without clothing and have covering

Job 24:10
HEB: הִ֭לְּכוּ בְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים נָ֣שְׂאוּ
NAS: without clothing, And they take away
KJV: naked without clothing, and they take away
INT: go without clothing famish take

Job 30:18
HEB: כֹּ֭חַ יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ לְבוּשִׁ֑י כְּפִ֖י כֻתָּנְתִּ֣י
NAS: force my garment is distorted;
KJV: force [of my disease] is my garment changed:
INT: force is distorted my garment as the collar of my coat

Job 31:19
HEB: א֭וֹבֵד מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת
NAS: for lack of clothing, Or that the needy
KJV: any perish for want of clothing, or any poor
INT: perish lack of clothing had covering

Job 38:9
HEB: בְּשׂוּמִ֣י עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃
NAS: a cloud its garment And thick darkness
KJV: the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness
INT: made A cloud garment and thick swaddling

Job 38:14
HEB: וְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּ כְּמ֣וֹ לְבֽוּשׁ׃
NAS: And they stand forth like a garment.
KJV: and they stand as a garment.
INT: stand like A garment

Job 41:13
HEB: גִ֭לָּה פְּנֵ֣י לְבוּשׁ֑וֹ בְּכֶ֥פֶל רִ֝סְנ֗וֹ
NAS: his outer armor? Who
KJV: the face of his garment? [or] who can come
INT: strip his outer apparel his double bridle

Psalm 22:18
HEB: לָהֶ֑ם וְעַל־ לְ֝בוּשִׁ֗י יַפִּ֥ילוּ גוֹרָֽל׃
NAS: my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast
KJV: lots upon my vesture.
INT: like and for my clothing cast lots

Psalm 35:13
HEB: וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡ם לְב֬וּשִׁי שָׂ֗ק עִנֵּ֣יתִי
NAS: But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;
KJV: But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth:
INT: Me were sick my clothing was sackcloth humbled

Psalm 45:13
HEB: מִֽמִּשְׁבְּצ֖וֹת זָהָ֣ב לְבוּשָֽׁהּ׃
NAS: within; Her clothing is interwoven
KJV: within: her clothing [is] of wrought
INT: is interwoven gold her clothing

Psalm 69:11
HEB: וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה לְבוּשִׁ֣י שָׂ֑ק וָאֱהִ֖י
NAS: sackcloth my clothing, I became
KJV: sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb
INT: made my clothing sackcloth became

Psalm 102:26
HEB: כַּבֶּ֣גֶד יִבְל֑וּ כַּלְּב֖וּשׁ תַּחֲלִיפֵ֣ם וְֽיַחֲלֹֽפוּ׃
NAS: out like a garment; Like clothing You will change
KJV: like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change
INT: A garment will wear clothing will change will be changed

Psalm 104:6
HEB: תְּ֭הוֹם כַּלְּב֣וּשׁ כִּסִּית֑וֹ עַל־
NAS: it with the deep as with a garment; The waters
KJV: it with the deep as [with] a garment: the waters
INT: the deep A garment covered above

Proverbs 27:26
HEB: כְּבָשִׂ֥ים לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ וּמְחִ֥יר שָׂ֝דֶ֗ה
NAS: The lambs [will be] for your clothing, And the goats
KJV: The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats
INT: the lambs your clothing the price of a field

Proverbs 31:22
HEB: שֵׁ֖שׁ וְאַרְגָּמָ֣ן לְבוּשָֽׁהּ׃
NAS: coverings for herself; Her clothing is fine linen
KJV: herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk
INT: is fine and purple her clothing

33 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3830
33 Occurrences


bil·ḇūš — 2 Occ.
bil·ḇu·šê·hem — 1 Occ.
bil·ḇū·šōw — 1 Occ.
hal·lə·ḇūš — 3 Occ.
kal·lə·ḇūš — 2 Occ.
lə·ḇūš — 8 Occ.
lə·ḇū·šāh — 3 Occ.
lə·ḇū·šām — 1 Occ.
lə·ḇū·šə·ḵen — 1 Occ.
lə·ḇū·šî — 4 Occ.
lə·ḇu·šōw — 4 Occ.
lə·ḇu·šū — 1 Occ.
lil·ḇū·še·ḵā — 2 Occ.
















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