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
