A3831 — לְבוּשׁ (lebush)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H3831
Original: לְבוּשׁ
Transliteration: lebush
Pronunciation: leb-oosh
Part of Speech: Masculine noun
Root: ל-ב-שׁ (l-b-sh) — same root as Hebrew H3847 labash "to clothe" and H3830 lebush "garment"
Occurrences: 2 verses in OT (Daniel only)
First Occurrence: Dan 3:21 — "Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their [other] garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace."
Hapax Legomenon: No (appears in 2 verses)

Lexicon Definition¶

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3830: garment.

BDB: noun masculine garment (Biblical Hebrew H3830 id.); suffix לְבוּשֵׁהּ Daniel 7:9; plural suffix לְבוּשֵׁיהוֺם Daniel 3:21.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Count	%
garments	1	50%
whose garment	1	50%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Daniel	2	0.6

Both occurrences are in the Aramaic sections of Daniel (Dan 2:4–7:28). The word is confined entirely to Daniel's Aramaic narrative.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Physical Garments Worn by Humans¶

Dan 3:21 — "Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their [other] garments (lebusheyahon), and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace."

Here lebush appears as the plural suffix form, listing the general clothing worn by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego when thrown into the furnace. It is one item in a list of four garment types (sarbal "coats/mantles," patiysh "hosen," karbela "hats/caps," and lebush "other garments"), indicating ordinary clothing as distinct from more specific attire.

2. Divine Garment — Theophanic Appearance¶

Dan 7:9 — "I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment (lebusheh) was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool."

Here lebush appears as a 3ms suffix form describing the clothing of the Ancient of Days in Daniel's vision. The garment is qualified by chivvar (H2358, Aramaic "white") and compared to snow (telag, H8517). This is the only Aramaic theophanic clothing description in the OT.

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
חִוָּר (chivvar)	H2358	1x	"whose garment was white" — divine garment described as white (Dan 7:9)
עֲמַר (amar)	H6015	1x	"white as snow... like pure wool" — simile pair with lebush (Dan 7:9)
סַרְבַּל (sarbal)	H5622	1x	Clothing list: sarbal + lebush among garment types (Dan 3:21)
כַּרְבְּלָא (karbela)	H3737	1x	Clothing list: karbela + lebush among garment types (Dan 3:21)
אַתּוּן (attun)	H861	1x	"garments... fiery furnace" — clothing worn into the furnace (Dan 3:21)
כׇּרְסֵא (korse)	H3764	1x	"thrones... whose garment" — throne scene co-occurrence (Dan 7:9)

With only 2 verses, no statistically significant collocations emerge. The co-occurring words reflect the two distinct contexts: furnace narrative (Dan 3) and throne vision (Dan 7).

Word Family / Cognates¶

H3847 לָבַשׁ (labash) — root verb: to put on a garment, clothe (112 occurrences)
H3830 לְבוּשׁ (lebush) — Hebrew cognate: garment, clothing, apparel (33 occurrences across 12 books)
H4403 מַלְבּוּשׁ (malbush) — derived noun: garment, raiment (from same root with mem prefix)
H8516 תִּלְבֹּשֶׁת (tilbosheth) — derived noun: clothing, attire (hapax, Isa 59:17)

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
סַרְבַּל (sarbal)	H5622	Both translated as clothing items in Dan 3:21	sarbal = cloak/mantle (specific outer garment); lebush = general term for garments
כַּרְבְּלָא (karbela)	H3737	Both listed as clothing in Dan 3:21	karbela = cap/helmet (head covering); lebush = body garment
בֶּגֶד (beged)	H899	Both mean "garment" generically	beged = Hebrew standard generic garment (190v); lebush = Aramaic equivalent (2v)
לְבוּשׁ (lebush)	H3830	Identical spelling and meaning	H3830 = Hebrew form (33v, broader corpus); H3831 = Aramaic form (2v, Daniel only)

LXX Mapping¶

No LXX alignments found in the alignment database for H3831. The Aramaic sections of Daniel have complex textual transmission (OG vs. Theodotion), and the Aramaic-specific vocabulary often lacks systematic LXX alignment data.

The Hebrew cognate H3830 lebush maps to ἱμάτιον (himation, G2440) and στολή (stole, G4749) in the LXX. Theodotion's Daniel renders Dan 7:9 with ἔνδυμα (endyma, G1742) for the Ancient of Days' garment.