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# robe

noun (a robe, robes); verb (robe, robes, robed, robing — formal)

«robe» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A robe is a long, loose piece of clothing that covers the body, worn for special ceremonies, by judges, priests, kings and graduates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#m1)
2. A robe is a bathrobe or dressing gown worn at home after a bath or before getting dressed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#m2)
3. (formal) To be robed is to be dressed in a robe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#m3)

### In the lessons

In RE and church life, priests and choirs wear robes; in the Bible Joseph had a «robe of many colours». In history and stories, kings, wizards and judges wear robes. In everyday life, «robe» is often an American word for dressing gown. Phrases: «a judge's robe», «a long white robe», «bathrobe», «robed in».

### Examples

- The judge wore a black robe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x1)
- The choir walked in, wearing white robes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x2)
- Joseph's father gave him a beautiful robe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x3)
- The wizard swept his robe around him and vanished. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x4)
- I put on my robe after my bath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x5)
- The king was robed in red velvet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x6)
- She was simply dressed in a plain white robe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x7)

### Note

Countable: robes. Often plural in ceremony (robes of office). British «dressing gown» = American «robe» or «bathrobe». Not to be confused with «rob» (to steal).

## In Jewish tradition

The robe of the ephod was the blue garment worn by the high priest under the ephod, with bells and pomegranates on its hem.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says the bells let the priest be heard entering the Holy Place, and some say the robe atoned for gossip, a sin of the voice.

### Examples

- And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. (Torah EXO.28.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/robe/#x1)
- And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue; (Torah EXO.39.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/robe/#x2)
- And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. (Torah EXO.39.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/robe/#x3)
- and the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the mantles. (Prophets ISA.3.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/robe/#x4)
- Mine adversaries shall be clothed with confusion, and shall put on their own shame as a robe. (Writings PSA.109.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/robe/#x5)
- I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem. (Writings JOB.29.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/robe/#x6)

### Note

Countable: robes. Often plural in ceremony (robes of office). British «dressing gown» = American «robe» or «bathrobe». Not to be confused with «rob» (to steal).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «robe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«robe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/robe.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «robe» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/robe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«robe» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/robe.html) on Mova free.