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H8071 שִׂמְלָה (simlâh) sim-law'
Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

mantle

Strong's Definition

a dress, especially a mantle

Derivation: perhaps by permutation for the feminine of H5566 (סֶמֶל) (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath);

KJV Usage: apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare H8008 (שַׂלְמָה).

TWOT Reference: 2270a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) wrapper, mantle, covering garment, garments, clothes, raiment, a cloth

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

wrapper, mantle, covering garment, garments, clothes, raiment, a cloth

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׂמְלָה śimlâh BDB Definition: 1) wrapper, mantle, covering garment, garments, clothes, raiment, a cloth Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: perhaps by permutation for the feminine of H5566 (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath) Same Word by TWOT Number: 2270a Total KJV Occurrences: 29

Bible Occurrences (28)

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