Dictionary of Bible Themes A protective outer garment, often treated as a symbol of authority. Acts 12:8The cloak used as a garment See also Genesis 39:12,181 Kings 19:13 Songs 5:7 Matthew 5:40 Matthew 9:20-21 pp Lk 6:29 pp Mk 5:27-28 Matthew 14:36pp Lk 8:44 A woman's bleeding is stopped Matthew 24:18pp Mk 6:56 Acts 22:22-242 Timothy 4:13 pp Mk 13:16 Exodus 22:26-27The cloak used as a covering or blanket See also Deuteronomy 24:13,172 Kings 9:13 Symbolic use of the cloak Royal symbolism See also Matthew 21:7-8This constituted an act of royal homage. pp Mk 11:7-8 1 Kings 19:19pp Lk 19:35-36 See also Prophetic symbolism 1 Kings 11:302 Kings 2:8,13-14 Ezra 9:3 See also The cloak torn as a symbol of mourning Ezra 9:5Psalms 109:29 Figurative use of cloaks See also Psalms 109:18-19Proverbs 30:4 Isaiah 59:17 See also 5145 clothing5146 covering 5177 robes 5188 tearing of clothes 5216 authority, nature of 5260 coinage 7464 teachers of the law |
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