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breeches

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(broken, that is crotched). Drawers or light trousers worn by priests, reaching from loins to thighs (Ex. 28:42⁴²And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: (Exodus 28:42)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

4370 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

miknac

Phonic:

mik-nawce’

Meaning:

from 3647 in the sense of hiding; (only in dual) drawers (from concealing the private parts)

KJV Usage:

breeches