Mad — H4055

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. measure, cloth garment
1. measure
2. cloth, carpet
3. garment (outer)

Usually translated as

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

Origin

or mêd; from H4058

• Derived from Mâdad (H4058)

Greek equivalents

• himátion (G2440)
• chitṓn (G5509)

Occurrences

Mad occurs 13 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (2), Job (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Leviticus 6:10 — And the priest shall put on his linen garment (מִדּ֣וֹ), and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
• 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 (לְמַדָּ֔יו) upon his right thigh.
• Judges 5:10 — Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment (מִדִּ֛ין), 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 (וּמַדָּ֣יו) rent, and with earth upon his head.
• 1 Samuel 17:38 — And Saul armed David with (מַדָּ֔יו) 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 (לְמַדָּ֜יו) 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 proved them. And David put them off him.
• 1 Samuel 18:4 — And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments (וּמַדָּ֕יו), 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 (מִדּ֣וֹ) that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
• 2 Samuel 21:20 — And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
• Job 11:9 — The measure (מִדָּ֑הּ) 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 (כְּמַ֫דּ֥וֹ), so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
• Isaiah 22:7 — And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
• Jeremiah 13:25 — This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures (מִדַּ֛יִךְ) from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.