Occurrences
Simlâh occurs 29 times in 28 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Exodus (6), Deuteronomy (6), Joshua (1), Judges (1), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (4)
- Genesis 9:23 — And Shem and Japheth took a garment (הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה), and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
- Genesis 35:2 — Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments (שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶֽם):
- Genesis 37:34 — And Jacob rent his clothes (שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו), and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
- Genesis 41:14 — Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment (שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו), and came in unto Pharaoh.
- Genesis 44:13 — Then they rent their clothes (שִׂמְלֹתָ֑ם), and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
- Genesis 45:22 — To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment (שְׂמָלֹ֑ת); but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
- Genesis 45:22 — To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment (שְׂמָלֹֽת).
- Exodus 3:22 — But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment (וּשְׂמָלֹ֑ת): and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
- Exodus 12:34 — And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes (בְּשִׂמְלֹתָ֖ם) upon their shoulders.
- Exodus 12:35 — And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment (וּשְׂמָלֹֽת):
- Exodus 19:10 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes (שִׂמְלֹתָֽם),
- Exodus 19:14 — And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes (שִׂמְלֹתָֽם).
- Exodus 22:27 — For that is his covering only, it is his raiment (שִׂמְלָת֖וֹ) for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
- Deuteronomy 8:4 — Thy raiment (שִׂמְלָ֨תְךָ֜) waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
- Deuteronomy 10:18 — He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment (וְשִׂמְלָֽה).
- Deuteronomy 21:13 — And she shall put the raiment (שִׂמְלַ֨ת) of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
- Deuteronomy 22:3 — In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment (לְשִׂמְלָתוֹ֒); and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
- Deuteronomy 22:5 — The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment (שִׂמְלַ֣ת): for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
- Deuteronomy 22:17 — And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth (הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה) before the elders of the city.
- Joshua 7:6 — And Joshua rent his clothes (שִׂמְלֹתָ֗יו), and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
- Judges 8:25 — And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment (הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה), and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
- Ruth 3:3 — Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment (שִׂמְלֹתַ֛יִךְ) upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
- 1 Samuel 21:9 — And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth (בַשִּׂמְלָה֮) behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
- 2 Samuel 12:20 — Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel (שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו), and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
- Proverbs 30:4 — Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment (בַּשִּׂמְלָ֗ה)? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
- Isaiah 3:6 — When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing (שִׂמְלָ֣ה), be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
- Isaiah 3:7 — In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing (שִׂמְלָ֑ה): make me not a ruler of the people.
- Isaiah 4:1 — And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel (וְשִׂמְלָתֵ֖נוּ): only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
- Isaiah 9:5 — For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments (וְשִׂמְלָ֖ה) rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.