Topical Bible: Coats

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In the Bible, coats are mentioned as garments that serve both practical and symbolic purposes. They are often associated with protection, authority, and identity. The term "coat" in biblical texts can refer to various types of outer garments, including tunics, robes, and cloaks.

Old Testament References

1. Genesis 3:21 · The first mention of coats in the Bible occurs after the fall of Adam and Eve. "The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them" . This act signifies God's provision and care, covering their nakedness and shame after sin entered the world.

2. Genesis 37:3 · Joseph's "coat of many colors" is a significant symbol of his father's favoritism. "Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because he had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors" . This coat becomes a source of envy and strife among his brothers, leading to Joseph's eventual sale into slavery.

3. Exodus 28:4 · Coats are part of the priestly garments. "These are the garments they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They shall make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests" . The tunic, or coat, is part of the sacred attire, symbolizing purity and dedication to God's service.

New Testament References

1. Matthew 5:40 · Jesus teaches about non-retaliation and generosity. "If someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well" . Here, the coat represents personal property and the call to go beyond what is required in showing love and forgiveness.

2. John 19:23 · At the crucifixion of Jesus, His seamless coat is mentioned. "When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom" . The seamless nature of the coat signifies the unity and perfection of Christ's ministry.

Symbolism and Significance

Coats in the Bible often symbolize authority and status. For instance, the coat of many colors given to Joseph signifies his favored position in his family. Similarly, the priestly garments, including the coat, denote the authority and sanctity of the priestly office.

In a broader spiritual sense, coats can represent the righteousness and protection provided by God. Just as God clothed Adam and Eve, believers are clothed in the righteousness of Christ, covering their spiritual nakedness and sin.

Cultural Context

In ancient Near Eastern culture, clothing was an important indicator of social status and identity. A person's coat or outer garment could signify their role, wealth, and position within the community. The act of giving or receiving a coat could also symbolize a transfer of authority or blessing.

Overall, coats in the Bible carry rich theological and cultural meanings, reflecting God's provision, human relationships, and spiritual truths.

Greek

5509. chiton -- a tunic
... Word Origin of Semitic origin, cf. kethoneth Definition a tunic NASB Word Usage
clothes (1), coats (1), garment (1), shirt (2), tunic (2), tunics (4). ...
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2440. himation -- an outer garment, a cloak, robe
... of heima (a garment) Definition an outer garment, a cloak, robe NASB Word Usage
cloak (8), cloaks (1), clothes (1), clothing (2), coat (4), coats (8), dresses ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6361. petash -- (a garment) perhaps leggings
... 6360, 6361. petash. 6362 . (a garment) perhaps leggings. Transliteration:
petash Phonetic Spelling: (pat-teesh') Short Definition: coats. ...
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Library

God did not Make Evil, nor is He at all in any Way the Author of ...
... II. Now the question has already been raised, [2846] and answered, [2847] that
the "coats of skins" [2848] are not bodies. Nevertheless ...
/.../methodius/from the discourse on the resurrection/part i god did not.htm

Of the Section Where it is Recorded, that Being Moved with ...
... Says the Lord Told Them They Were Not to Carry, While According to Mark It is the
Only Thing They Were to Carry; And Also of the Wearing of the Shoes and Coats ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xxx of the section where.htm

Two Coverings and Two Consequences
... more fully their nakedness, made them confess their sin, brought their transgression
home to them, and then it is written, the Lord God made them coats of skin ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/two coverings and two consequences.htm

Read the Book on the Resurrection by St. Methodius
... And how is this to be taken? VIII. He says that by the coats of skins is
signified death. For he says of Adam, that when the Almighty ...
/.../methodius/from the discourse on the resurrection/part iii read the book.htm

Two Coverings and Two Consequences
... more fully their nakedness, made them confess their sin, brought their transgression
home to them, and then it is written, "the Lord God made them coats of skin ...
/.../spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/two coverings and two consequences.htm

The Lord Our Righteousness
... For, what were the coats that God made to put on our first parents, but types of
the application of the merits of righteousness of Jesus Christ to believers ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the lord our righteousness.htm

The Earthy Material of which Flesh is Created Wonderfully Improved ...
... For it cannot be, as some will have it, that those "coats of skins" [7332] which
Adam and Eve put on when they were stripped of paradise, were really ...
/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter vii the earthy material of.htm

Jesus Christ, the Mediator, is the Only Way of Safety.
... end that they might go on no further in self-confidence, but rather should become
weak, seeing before their feet the Divinity weak by taking our "coats of skins ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xviii jesus christ the mediator.htm

Third Circuit of Galilee. The Twelve Instructed and Sent Forth.
... nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no bread, no wallet, no money in their
purse; 9 but to go shod with sandals; and, said he, put not on two coats. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lxi third circuit of galilee.htm

How Absalom Murdered Amnon, who had Forced his Own Sister; and How ...
... was sorely grieved at the injury and violence that had been offered to her, and
rent her loose coat, [for the virgins of old time wore such loose coats tied at ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 how absalom murdered.htm

Thesaurus

Coats (29 Occurrences)
...Coats (29 Occurrences). Matthew 10:10 Take no bag for your journey, neither two
coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. ...
/c/coats.htm - 14k

Body-coats (4 Occurrences)
Body-coats. Body-coat, Body-coats. Body-cover . Multi-Version
Concordance Body-coats (4 Occurrences). Mark 6:9 but be ...
/b/body-coats.htm - 7k

Tunics (16 Occurrences)
... Tunics (16 Occurrences). Matthew 10:10 Take no bag for your journey, neither two
coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. (See RSV). ...
/t/tunics.htm - 10k

Coat (54 Occurrences)
... 5:3; 2 Samuel 15:32; Exodus 28:4; 29:5). The "coats of skins" prepared by God for
Adam and Eve were probably nothing more than aprons (Genesis 3:21). ...
/c/coat.htm - 25k

Drachmas (6 Occurrences)
... they have given to the treasure of the work; of gold, drams six myriads and a thousand,
and of silver, pounds five thousand, and of priests' coats, a hundred. ...
/d/drachmas.htm - 8k

Mail (11 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 26:14 Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and
spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. ...
/m/mail.htm - 11k

Spears (25 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 26:14 Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and
spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. ...
/s/spears.htm - 14k

Clothe (52 Occurrences)
... saints. (Root in BBE DBY NAS RSV). Genesis 3:21 Yahweh God made coats of
skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them. (Root ...
/c/clothe.htm - 22k

Skin (115 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Skin, Coats made of. (Genesis 3:21). ... Genesis 3:21 Yahweh
God made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them. ...
/s/skin.htm - 44k

Clothed (153 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS). Genesis 3:21 Yahweh God made coats of
skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them. (WEB ...
/c/clothed.htm - 37k

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Coats (29 Occurrences)

Matthew 10:10
Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Matthew 21:7
and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
(See NAS)

Matthew 21:8
A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
(See NAS)

Mark 6:9
But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
(KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Mark 11:7
They brought the young donkey to Jesus, and threw their garments on it, and Jesus sat on it.
(See NAS)

Mark 11:8
Many spread their garments on the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and spreading them on the road.
(See NAS)

Luke 3:11
He answered them, "He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 9:3
He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey-neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 19:35
They brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and set Jesus on them.
(See NAS)

Luke 19:36
As he went, they spread their cloaks in the way.
(See NAS)

Acts 9:39
Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Acts 22:20
When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.'
(See NAS)

Genesis 3:7
And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.
(BBE)

Genesis 3:21
Yahweh God made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 28:40
"You shall make coats for Aaron's sons, and you shall make sashes for them and you shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT RSV)

Exodus 29:8
You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Exodus 39:27
They made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT RSV)

Exodus 40:14
You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT RSV)

Leviticus 8:13
Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on them; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT RSV)

Leviticus 10:5
So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT RSV)

1 Kings 10:25
And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses, and beasts of transport, regularly year by year.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 9:24
And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses and beasts for transport, regularly year by year.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 26:14
Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT RSV NIV)

Ezra 2:69
They gave after their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' coats.
(DBY YLT)

Nehemiah 4:16
It happened from that time forth, that half of my servants worked in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT RSV)

Nehemiah 7:70
And some of the chief fathers gave to the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand darics of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' coats.
(DBY YLT)

Jeremiah 46:4
Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Daniel 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.
(KJV BBE WBS YLT NAS)

Daniel 3:27
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
(KJV BBE WBS YLT)

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