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Raiment
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ra'-ment
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ra'-ment.
(From DRESS)
In the Hebrew and Greek there is a wonderful wealth of terminology having to do
with the general subject of dress among the ancient Orientals. This is reflected
in the numerous synonyms for "dress" to be found in English Versions of the Bible,
"apparel," "attire," "clothes," "raiment," "garments," etc. But the words used
in the originals are often greatly obscured through the inconsistent variations
of the translators. Besides there are few indications even in the original Hebrew
or Greek of the exact shape or specific materials of the various articles of dress
named, and so their identification is made doubly difficult. In dealing with the
subject, therefore, the most reliable sources of information, apart from the meaning
of the terms used in characterization, are certain well-known facts about the
costumes and dress-customs of the orthodox Jews, and others about the forms of
dress worn today by the people of simple life and primitive habits in modern Israel.
Thanks to the ultraconservatism and unchanging usages of the nearer East, this
is no mean help. In the endeavor to discover, distinguish and deal with the various
oriental garments, then, we will consider:
(3) The simlah (Greek himation) signifies an "outer garment" (see below), a "mantle,"
or "cloak" (see lexicons). A kindred word in the Greek himatismos, (translated
"raiment" in Luke
9:29, "garments" in Matthew
27:35, and "vesture" in John
19:24) stands in antithesis to himation.
George B. Eager
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