Definition

properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

Etymology

or לָבֵשׁ; a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• (in) apparel
• arm
• array (self)
• clothe (self)
• come upon
• put (on
• upon)
• wear

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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