Bible Vocabulary

Word Forms

These forms come from “garment” and change to fit the sentence.

  • garmentbase form
  • garmentedpast and past participle
  • garmentingpresent participle
  • garmentsplural, third-person singular present

garment

nounverb /ˈɡɑːmənt/

WEB 157 appearances

KJV 189 appearances

A garment is a piece of cloth that people wear on their bodies.

Biblical Usage

In the Bible, a garment shows how people dress. It can also mean a special robe that shows a person’s job or status. People talk about garments when they talk about clothing or when they talk about God’s protection.

WEB Representative Scriptures

When he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside.”
Genesis 39:15 (WEB)
“The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it is a woolen garment, or a linen garment;
Leviticus 13:47 (WEB)
The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.
John 19:2 (WEB)

KJV Representative Scriptures

¶ The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
Leviticus 13:47 (KJV)
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Psalms 109:19 (KJV)
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
Matthew 22:12 (KJV)