Bible dictionaries

Raiment

What Bible dictionaries say about “Raiment”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Raiment - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

RA'IMENT, n. [for arrayment. See Array and Ray.]

1. Clothing in general; vestments; vesture; garments.

Gen 24. Deu 8.

Living, both food and raiment she supplies.

2. A single garment.

[In this sense it is rarely used, and indeed is improper.]

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

ra'-ment.

See DRESS.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915