מַד mad

Hebrew word for “garment” · Strong’s H4055 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

1) measure, cloth garment; 1a) measure; 1b) cloth, carpet; 1c) garment (outer)

How it is translated

Glosses given for mad in context, with how often each is used:

• garments 5
• garment 1
• cloth garments 1
• robe 1
• measure 1
• like garment 1
• measures 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 17 (2), Leviticus 6 (1), Judges 3 (1), Judges 5 (1), 1 Samuel 4 (1), 1 Samuel 18 (1), 2 Samuel 20 (1), Job 11 (1), Psalms 109 (1), Jeremiah 13 (1)

Forms

• מדו 2
• למדיו 2
• ומדיו 2
• מדין 1
• מדיו 1
• מדה 1
• כמדו 1
• מדיך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חָגַר chagar “to gird” 3
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 4
• לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 3
• חֲגוֹרָה hagorah “belt” 2
• דָּוִד david “David” 3
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 2
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 2
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 2

Key verses

The verses using mad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 6:10 — And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the…
• Judges 3:16 — But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
• Judges 5:10 — Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
• 1 Samuel 4:12 — And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
• 1 Samuel 17:38 — And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
• 1 Samuel 17:39 — And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not…
• 1 Samuel 18:4 — And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
• 2 Samuel 20:8 — When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle…
• Job 11:9 — The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
• Psalms 109:18 — As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
• Jeremiah 13:25 — This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.