Levush לְבוּשׁ

Levush (Hebrew לְבוּשׁ, Strong's H3830) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “clothing”. It occurs 33 times in 33 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Levush, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 49:11
  Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 1:24
  Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
• 2 Samuel 20:8
  When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 10:22
  And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.

Esther

• Esther 4:2
  And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
• Esther 6:8
  Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
• Esther 6:9
  And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
• Esther 6:10
  Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.“Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
• Esther 6:11
  Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
• Esther 8:15
  And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

Job

• Job 24:7
  They 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 24:10
  They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
• Job 30:18
  By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
• Job 31:19
  If 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,
• Job 38:9
  When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
• Job 38:14
  It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
• Job 41:13
  Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?

Psalms

• Psalm 22:18
  They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
• Psalm 35:13
  But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
• Psalm 45:13
  The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.
• Psalm 69:11
  I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
• Psalm 102:26
  They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
• Psalm 104:6
  Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 27:26
  The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
• Proverbs 31:22
  She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
• Proverbs 31:25
  Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 14:19
  But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
• Isaiah 63:1
  Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
• Isaiah 63:2
  Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 10:9
  Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz— the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 4:14
  They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 9:11
  And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.Then the man clothed in linen with the writing kit at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded.”

Malachi

• Malachi 2:16
  For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).