Kesut כְּסוּת
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| כְּסוּת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | kesut |
| Strong's number | H3682 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | covering |
| Occurrences | 8 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (3) |
Kesut (Hebrew כְּסוּת, Strong's H3682) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “covering”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) covering, clothing
1a) covering, clothing
1b) covering (for concealment)
1a) covering, clothing
1b) covering (for concealment)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | covering (6), raiment (1), vesture (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | covering (3), cloak (2), vindication (1), clothing (1), their covering (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Kesut, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 20:16And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
Exodus
- Exodus 21:10If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
- Exodus 22:27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 22:12Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
Job
- Job 24:7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
- Job 26:6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
- Job 31:19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
Isaiah
- Isaiah 50:3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).