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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שִׂמְלָה (sim.lah) — mantle. wrapper, mantle, covering garment, garments, clothes, raiment, a cloth
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שַׂלְמָה
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
GEN 9:23 · EXO 3:22 · EXO 12:34 · EXO 12:35 · EXO 22:26 · DEU 22:3 · DEU 22:5 · DEU 22:17 · JDG 8:25 · 1SA 21:10 · PRO 30:4 · ISA 3:6 · ISA 3:7 · ISA 9:4
1 RUT 3:3 MT-K שׂמלתך | MT-Q שִׂמְלֹתַיִךְ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שִׂמְלָה n.f. wrapper, mantle;—usu. square piece of cloth worn as outer garment; as covering in sleep; more gen. garment, clothes (pl.) base