Strong's Hebrew · H4055

H4055 mad

מַד

mad

garment

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mad appears 11 times in Scripture, including Leviticus 6:10 and Judges 3:16. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

properly, extent, i.e. height; also a measure; by implication, a vesture (as measured); also a carpet

In the King James Version

armour, clothes, garment, judgment, measure, raiment, stature.

Derivation

or מֵד; from H4058 (מָדַד);

Appears 11 times in Scripture

1 Samuel 4:12

“That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.”

Leviticus 6:10

“And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.”

1 Samuel 17:39

“David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.”

1 Samuel 18:4

“And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.”

Psalms 109:18

“The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.”

Judges 5:10

“You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder”

2 Samuel 20:8

“And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.”

Judges 3:16

“Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak”

1 Samuel 17:38

“Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.”

Job 11:9

“Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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