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When the soldiers had crucified Jesus they took His garments (
, in the
plural), His outer garments, and the “coat,” the
, the inner garment, which was
without seam, woven from the top throughout, John 19:23. The outer garments were
easily divisible among the four soldiers, but they could not divide the
without
splitting it, so they cast lots for it.
Dorcas was accustomed to make coats (
) and garments (
), Acts 9:39,
that is, the close fitting undergarments and the long, flowing outer robes.
A person was said to be “naked” (
$
), whether he was without clothing, or had
thrown off his outer garment, e.g., his
$
, (No. 6, below), and was clad in a light
undergarment, as was the case with Peter, in John 21:7. The high priest, in rending his
clothes after the reply the Lord gave him in answer to his challenge, rent his
undergarments (
), the more forcibly to express his assumed horror and indignation,
Mark 14:63. In Jude 23, “the garment spotted by the flesh” is the
, the metaphor of
the undergarment being appropriate; for it would be that which was brought into touch
with the pollution of the flesh.
4.
(
,
, 2441), in form a collective word, denoting “vesture,
garments,” is used generally of “costly or stately raiment,” the apparel of kings, of
officials, etc. See Luke 7:25, where “gorgeously apparelled” is, lit., “in gorgeous
vesture.” See also Acts 20:33 and 1 Tim. 2:9, “costly raiment.” This is the word used of
the Lord’s white and dazzling raiment on the Mount of Transfiguration, Luke 9:29. It is
also used of His
, His undergarment (see note above), for which the soldiers cast
lots, John 19:23-24, “vesture”; in Matt. 27:35 it is also translated vesture. See
APPAREL
,
RAIMENT
,
VESTURE
.¶
5.
$
(
+
, 1742), akin to
$
(see
CLOTHE
, No. 2), denotes “anything put
on, a garment of any kind.” It was used of the clothing of ancient prophets, in token of
their contempt of earthly splendor, 1 Kings 19:13; 2 Kings 1:8,
RV
; Zech. 13:4. In the NT
it is similarly used of John the Baptist’s raiment, Matt. 3:4: of raiment in general, Matt.
6:25, 28; Luke 12:23; metaphorically, of sheep’s clothing, Matt. 7:15; of a wedding
garment, 22:11-12; of the raiment of the angel at the tomb of the Lord after His
resurrection, 28:3. See
GARMENT
,
RAIMENT
.¶
6.
$
(
#
"
, 1903) denotes “an upper garment” ( , “upon,”
$
, “to
clothe”). The word is found in John 21:7, where it apparently denotes a kind of linen
frock, which fishermen wore when at their work. See No. 3.¶
7.
(
# )
, 2066), “clothing,” Acts 10:30; see
APPAREL
, No. 1.
8.
(
)
, 4749), (Eng., “stole”), denotes any “stately robe,” a long garment
reaching to the feet or with a train behind. It is used of the long clothing in which the
scribes walked, making themselves conspicuous in the eyes of men, Mark 12:38; Luke
20:46; of the robe worn by the young man in the Lord’s tomb, Mark 16:5; of the best or,
rather, the chief robe, which was brought out for the returned prodigal, Luke 15:22; five
times in the Apocalypse, as to glorified saints, 6:11; 7:9, 13-14; 22:14.¶ In the Sept. it is
used of the holy garments of the priests, e.g., Exod. 28:2; 29:21; 31:10.