Exodus 28:42
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בַּד
bad
flaxen thread or yarn; hence, a linen garment
מִכְנָס
miknâç
(only in dual) drawers (from concealing the private parts)
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
עֶרְוָה
ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
מֹתֶן
môthen
properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
יָרֵךְ
yârêk
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
נָגַע
nâgaʻ
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive,...
Key Terms in This Verse
יָרֵךְ yârêk
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
Study H3409 →מִכְנָס miknâç
(only in dual) drawers (from concealing the private parts)
Study H4370 →נָגַע nâgaʻ
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, d...
Study H5060 →עֶרְוָה ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
Study H6172 →מֹתֶן môthen
properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
Study H4975 →כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →Cross References
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...
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, 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...
They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes w...
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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