clothing
enduma denotes what is worn on the body, including wedding attire and a figurative sheep’s covering.
The term most often identifies attire or garments worn by a person, whether ordinary clothing, wedding dress, or white clothing; in one verse it depicts sheep’s clothing as an outward covering that conceals wolves within.
Senses in use
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Attire worn on the body · dominant
The singular forms occur in clauses about what people wear or possess: in Matthew 3:4 the APB renders John’s attire as being “from camel's hair,” and in Matthew 28:3 it describes clothing as “white like snow.” In Matthew 22:11 and Matthew 22:12, the accusative singular identifies the wedding clothing lacking on the man; Luke 12:23 and Matthew 6:25 place the genitive singular in comparisons between the body and what is worn.
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Outward covering used figuratively · rare
In Matthew 7:15, the dative plural occurs in the clause about false prophets coming “in sheep's clothing,” while the same verse contrasts that outward appearance with being “rapacious wolves” inwardly.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “clothing,” including “wedding clothing” and clothing “white like snow”; it also uses “sheep's clothing” in Matthew 7:15. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings indicate the clauses’ presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.