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A protective outer garment, often treated as a symbol of authority.

The cloak used as a garment

Acts 12:8 See also Genesis 39:12,18; 1 Kings 19:13; Songs 5:7; Matthew 5:40 pp Luke 6:29; Matthew 9:20-21 pp Mark 5:27-28 pp Luke 8:44 A woman's bleeding is stopped; Matthew 14:36 pp Mark 6:56; Matthew 24:18 pp Mark 13:16; Acts 22:22-24; 2 Timothy 4:13

The cloak used as a covering or blanket

Exodus 22:26-27 See also Deuteronomy 24:13,17

Symbolic use of the cloak

Royal symbolism

2 Kings 9:13 This constituted an act of royal homage. See also Matthew 21:7-8 pp Mark 11:7-8 pp Luke 19:35-36

Prophetic symbolism

1 Kings 19:19 See also 1 Kings 11:30; 2 Kings 2:8,13-14

The cloak torn as a symbol of mourning

Ezra 9:3 See also Ezra 9:5

Figurative use of cloaks

Psalm 109:29 See also Psalm 109:18-19; Proverbs 30:4; Isaiah 59:17

See also

5145  clothing
5146  covering
5177  robes
5188  tearing of clothes
5216  authority
5259  coat
7462  tassel