Bible word study

Labash (Strong’s H3847): Meaning in the Bible

Labash (לָבַשׁ) is the Hebrew word numbered H3847 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively. In the King James Bible it is translated (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon.

• Original wordלָבַשׁ
• Transliterationlâbash
• Pronunciationlaw-bash'
• Part of speechverb (v)
• Strong’s numberH3847
• LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. or לָבֵשׁ; a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Labash appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Labash (H3847) stands behind 111 English renderings in 103 verses across 25 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Ezekiel (16), Leviticus (11), Psalms (10).

How the King James Bible renders Labash, by count

• clothed38 of 111 (34 percent)
• on22 of 111 (20 percent)
• put18 of 111 (16 percent)
• clothe12 of 111 (11 percent)
• arrayed4 of 111 (4 percent)
• wear4 of 111 (4 percent)

Three places to read Labash

• Genesis 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
• 1 Chronicles 12:18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
• Isaiah 22:21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Labash in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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