מְעִיל meil
Hebrew word for “robe” · Strong’s H4598 · used 28 times in 27 verses
Meaning
1) robe; 1a) a garment worn over a tunic by men of rank;
How it is translated
Glosses given for meil in context, with how often each is used:
- robe 23
- robes 2
- like robe 2
- like a robe 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 9 | 0.5 | |
| 1 Samuel | 7 | 0.5 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Ezra | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 39 (5), Exodus 28 (3), 1 Samuel 24 (2), Ezra 9 (2), Exodus 29 (1), Leviticus 8 (1), 1 Samuel 2 (1), 1 Samuel 15 (1), 1 Samuel 18 (1), 1 Samuel 28 (1)
Forms
- המעיל 8
- מעיל 5
- כמעיל 3
- ומעיל 2
- מעילך 2
- ומעילי 2
- מעלו 2
- מעילו 1
- מעילים 1
- במעיל 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with meil more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 8
- אֵפוֹד ephod “ephod” 6
- קָרַע qara “to tear” 6
- בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 7
- שׁוּל shul “hem” 4
- רִמּוֹן rimmon “pomegranate” 4
- כֻּתֹּנֶת ketonet “tunic” 4
- פַּעֲמֹן paamon “bell” 3
- עָטָה atah “to enwrap” 3
- אָפַד aphad “to gird” 2
- תְּכֵלֶת tekhelet “blue” 3
- סָבִיב saviv “around” 4
Key verses
The verses using meil that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 28:4 — And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make…
- Leviticus 8:7 — And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious…
- 1 Samuel 24:11 — Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that…
- Ezra 9:3 — And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
- Ezra 9:5 — And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the…
- Job 1:20 — Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
- Job 2:12 — And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust…
- Job 29:14 — I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
- Psalms 109:29 — Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
- Isaiah 59:17 — For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with…
- Isaiah 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe…
- Ezekiel 26:16 — Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe…
See all 27 verses in the Word Atlas
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.