Cloth
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
denotes "a ragged garment, or a piece of cloth torn off, a rag," hence, a piece of "undressed cloth," Matthew 9:16; Mark 2:21 .
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
The two Hebrew words translated 'cloth,' beged and simlah, are also translated 'garments,' and do not explain of what it was composed nor how wrought. In Exodus 31:10 , etc., beged is used for 'cloths of service,' and in Numbers 4:6-13 for the 'cloth of blue' that covered up the furniture when the tabernacle was removed. Simlah occurs in Deuteronomy 22:17; 1 Samuel 21:9 . The Thick CLOTHin 2 Kings 8:15 is makber. See LINEN.
King James Dictionary [3]
CLOTH, n.
1. A manufacture or stuff of wool or hair, or of cotton, flax, hemp or other vegetable filaments, formed by weaving or intertexture of threads, and used for garments or other covering and for various other purposes as woolen cloth, linen cloth, cotton cloth, hair cloth. 2. The covering of a table usually called a tablecloth. 3. The canvas on which pictures are drawn. 4. A texture or covering put to a particular use as a cloth of state. 5. Dress raiment. See Clothes. 6. The covering of a bed.
Webster's Dictionary [4]
(1): (n.) A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others.
(2): (n.) The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See Clothes.
(3): (n.) The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [5]
Matthew 9:16 (b) This is a beautiful figure to show us that GOD does not patch our old nature nor try to add good deeds and characteristics to the old man. Instead, He gives a new nature, a new hope, and a new life. GOD does not patch the sinner. He gives the sinner a new birth.
