Lexicon
כֻּתֹּ֫נֶת
ke.to.net
H3801
H:N-F Hebrew

tunic

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ke.to.net denotes a garment worn, made, put on, removed, or torn in the biblical scenes where it occurs.

The word denotes a garment in scenes of clothing and dress: it is made and put on for Aaron and his sons, worn and torn by individuals, and handled as Joseph's identifiable garment. The same use occurs in both singular and plural forms, with the surrounding context specifying the wearer, material, or associated garments.

Senses in use

  1. A garment worn or handled · dominant

    The singular form identifies clothing placed on Aaron in Exodus 29:5 and clothing torn by Tamar in 2 Samuel 13:19. In Genesis 37:23 the form occurs twice as Joseph is stripped of the garment upon him, while Exodus 28:40 and Exodus 39:27 use plural forms for garments made for Aaron's sons; in Genesis 3:21 the plural occurs in garments made for Adam and his wife.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as “tunic,” sometimes adding “long-sleeved” in Joseph's and Tamar's scenes, and uses “tunics” where the supplied form is plural. Those fuller English descriptions are treated as renderings of the clauses rather than fixed distinctions in the term itself.

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Across Scripture