What Does 2 Kings 10:22 Mean in the King James?
And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew names these people as Baal’s servants, so the vestments give their service a visible form.
THE MEANING
A shared allegiance takes visible form as the overseer brings out vestments for every person serving Baal. The word translated “worshippers” also names those who serve, joining devotion to what a person does. The repeated instruction and response give the act a precise, collective shape.
THE ROOT
עֹבְדֵי
ovdei
GROWS FROM
עבד
to work, labor, or serve
“worshippers” in this verse is ovdei. The Hebrew names these people as those serving Baal: עבד (avad, to work or serve) links devotion with service. The word describes a lived allegiance, not merely a label for a religious group.
ALSO GROWS
avad: to work or serve
עָבַד
This verb names the service at the center of the group’s identity.
eved: servant or worker
עֶבֶד
The same root can name a person through the service they perform.
לְבוּשׁ
levush
GROWS FROM
לבש
to clothe, wear, or put on
לְבוּשׁ (levush, garment) belongs to לבש (lavash, to clothe or wear), so the noun carries the act of putting something on within its root. These vestments give the group’s shared service a visible form on the body.
ALSO GROWS
lavash: to wear or clothe
לָבַשׁ
The verb reveals the action held inside the word for garment.
malbush: clothing or garment
מַלְבּוּשׁ
This related noun shows the same root naming what is worn.
THE PATTERN
Clothing makes belonging or role visible by putting it on the body.
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.THE THREAD
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.The Hebrew verb וַיַּלְבִּשֵׁם (vayyalbishem, clothed them) comes from לבש (lavash, to clothe or wear), the same root as לְבוּשׁ (levush, garment) here. The shared root makes clothing an action as well as an object: people are visibly clothed in something.
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