Medev — H4063

Definition

masculine noun

properly, extent, i.e. measure; by implication, a dress (as measured)

1. garment

Usually translated as

garment

Origin

from an unused root meaning to stretch

Occurrences

Medev occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

• 2 Samuel 10:4 — Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments (מַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם) in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
• 1 Chronicles 19:4 — Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments (מַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם) in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.