Deuteronomy 22:5 KJV

The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Thou and Ye

  • thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Various preceptsGod's providence extends itself to the smallest affairs, and his precepts do so, that even in them we may be in the fear of the Lord, as we are under his eye...

Thompson Chains

  • DressStarts here · next Ecclesiastes 9:8 · 6 links
  • ModestySee the chain from Genesis 24:65 · 2 links
  • AbominationsSee the chain from Deuteronomy 7:25 · 8 links

Cross References

  • 1 Corinthians 11:4–15 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. …
  • Deuteronomy 18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

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Topics

  • Abomination Unclassified scriptures relating to Abomination
  • Dress Men forbidden to wear women’s, and women forbidden to wear men’s
  • Women Forbidden to wear men’s costume

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • The woman עַל ʿal Preposition אִשָּׁה ʾiššâ אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine singular
  • shall not wear that which pertaineth לֹא lōʾ Negative יִהְיֶה yihyê Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular כְלִי kĕlî כְּלִי Noun · masculine singular construct
  • unto a man גֶבֶר geber גֶּבֶר Noun · masculine singular
  • neither shall a man וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and גֶּבֶר geber גֶּבֶר Noun · masculine singular
  • put יִלְבַּשׁ yilbaš לָבַשׁ Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
  • on a woman's אִשָּׁה ʾiššâ אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine singular
  • garment שִׂמְלַת śimlat שִׂמְלָה Noun · feminine singular construct
  • for all that do כִּי kî Conjunction כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct עֹשֵׂה ʿōśê עָשָׂה Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular construct
  • so אֵלֶּה ʾēllê אֵלֶּה Pronoun
  • abomination תוֹעֲבַת tôʿăbat תּוֹעֵבַה Noun · feminine singular construct
  • unto the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • thy God אֱלֹהֶיךָ ʾĕlōhêkā אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular

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