Bible Dictionary
Clothing
Clothing in the Bible includes garments used for ordinary dress, protection, status, mourning, worship, and ceremonial service. Clothing could also symbolize purity, authority, or changed spiritual condition.
Definition
Clothing comprises the garments worn for ordinary dress, protection, status, mourning, worship, and ceremonial service. Biblical dress included garments whose materials, colors, length, and arrangement could indicate a person’s position or condition.
Biblical Usage
Clothing is used in Scripture both literally and symbolically. Garments can express rank, mourning, priestly service, purity, authority, or a changed spiritual condition.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
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