Apparel (Hastings' Dictionary)
In early Eng. a. is used of house- hold furniture, the rigging of a ship, and the like, but in AV it is confined to clothing. Although the word is now practically obsol., RV (following older VSS) has introduced it some ten times. In 1 S Vt"^-" a. replaces 'armour' of AV, very properly, for the reference is to Saul's military dress, not his armour. 1 P 3'' RV 'the incorrupt- ible a. of a meek and quiet spirit' is the only in- stance of a fig. use of the word in the Bible. (Cf.
APi-AKENTLY APPHUS 127 Ph 2", Tindale's tr., 'and was found in his a. as a man,' AV and RV 'fashion'). Apparelled occurs 2 S 13', Lk 7"; to which KV adds Ps 93"" (both tig.) See Dress. J. Hastings. APPARENTLY, only Nu 12', and in the old sense of 'openlv,' 'evidently,' not aa now, 'seem- ingly' : '\A ith Iiim will I speak mouth to mouth, even a. (KV ' manifestly ), and not in dark upeeches.' Cf. Shaks. Com. Err. IV. i. 78 — If be should scorn me so apparently.* J. tiASTINGS.
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Apparel
Apparel a-par'-el: The English equivalent of six Hebrew and three Greek words, variously signifying all kinds of raiment, chiefly garments costly and beautiful: ornamental (2Sa 1:24); royal, as of Ahasuerus (Es 6:8), of Herod (Ac 12:21, esthes); of kings' daughters (2Sa 13:18); priestly (Ezr 3:10); also mourning (2Sa 14:2). In 1 Sam 17:38,39 "apparel" replaces "armor" of King James Version: "Saul clad David with his apparel," probably some close-fitting garment worn under the armor, or sometimes without it. Severe judgment was pronounced on Jewish princes who clothed themselves with "strange" (the King James Version), i.e. "with foreign apparel" (Zep 1:8; compare Isa 2:6-8). "Modest apparel" as against "costly raiment" is commended as suited to Christians (1Ti 2:9; himatismos, and katastole). Angels are robed in white apparel (Ac 1:10; compare Lu 24:4, "dazzling"). Fig. of the glorious and red (suggestive of the wine-press) apparel of the Messiah (Isa 63:1-2), and of "a meek and quiet spirit" (1Pe 3:4). ⇒See a list of verses on APPEAL in the Bible. Dwight M. Pratt ⇒See the definition…
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