Quick Definition
garment
Strong's Definition
a dress
Derivation: transp. for H8071 (שִׂמְלָה);
KJV Usage: clothes, garment, raiment.
TWOT Reference: 2270b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שַׂלְמָה (sal.mah) — garment. 1) garment, outer garment, wrapper, mantle 1a) garment, outer garment
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שִׂמְלָה
Clothing
mantle, cloak = a long, flowing outer garment reaching to the feet; it was generally a loose-fitting cloth that was draped around the body and held in place in the middle by a sash wrapped around the waist or some means of fastening such as pins or buttons; it was worn at all levels of society, including also priests and other religious leaders; it served more purposes than just an outer covering; women sometimes carried bowls or other implements or grain in its folds; for poorer people it also served as a covering when sleeping
EXO 22:8 · EXO 22:25 · DEU 24:13 · DEU 29:4 · JOS 9:5 · JOS 9:13 · JOS 22:8 · 1KI 10:25 · 1KI 11:29 · 1KI 11:30 · 2CH 9:24 · NEH 9:21 · JOB 9:31 · PSA 104:2 · SNG 4:11 · MIC 2:8
name
Names of People | ≈ שַׂלְמָא · שַׂלְמֹון
Salmah, Salma, Salmon = man, also known as Salma and Salmon; ◄ son of Nahshon; tribe of Judah; ► father of Boaz and ancestor of David
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שַׂלְמָה n.f. id. [שִׂמְלָה] (transp. from שִׂמְלָה);—garment: outer garment base