Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
tunic
Usage: 1) tunic, under-garment 1a) a long shirt-like garment usually of linen
Kethoneth means “shirt” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3801 — hoonkaihoenkaihoerchomenos in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3801 כְּתוֹנֶת כּוּתּתּוֹנֶת (kthoneth) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kthoneth (keth-o'-neth) (or kuttoneth {koot-to'-neth}) n-f. 1. a shirt [from an unused root meaning to cover] It has 26 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include coat, coats, garments, garment, and robe. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
kthoneth (keth-o'-neth) (or kuttoneth {koot-to'-neth}) n-f. 1. a shirt [from an unused root meaning to cover] KJV: coat, garment, robe. Compare: H3802
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tunic
Usage: 1) tunic, under-garment 1a) a long shirt-like garment usually of linen
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kthoneth, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
26 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3801.
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
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 holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
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 girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses.
So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.
By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3801, grouped by book.
Kethoneth (Strong's H3801) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "shirt". kthoneth (keth-o'-neth) (or kuttoneth {koot-to'-neth}) n-f. 1. a shirt [from an unused root meaning to cover]
This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's H3801 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3801 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as coat, coats, garments, garment, and robe. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.