STRONGS G2689:
καταστολή,
καταστολης,
ἡ (
καταστέλλω, which see);
1. properly,
a lowering, letting down; hence,
2. in Biblical Greek twice,
a garment let down, dress, attire:
1 Timothy 2:9,
Vulg.habitus, which the translator, according to later Latin usage, seems to understand of clothing (cf. the French
l'habit); (cf.
Josephus,
b. j. 2, 8, 4); for
מַעֲטֶה,
Isaiah 61:3, with which in mind
Hesychius says
καταστολήν.
περιβολήν (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 23, but especially Ellicott on 1 Timothy, the passage cited).
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