CategoryArchaic Word / Cultural Term
Modern Equivalentan outer cloak or garment; figuratively, a symbol of anointing or authority.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionA large outer cloak or garment worn in the ancient Near East. In the OT it becomes a powerful symbol of prophetic authority and anointing — when Elijah cast his mantle upon Elisha, he was passing on his prophetic calling, and Elisha received a double portion of Elijah's spirit.
Key Verses"So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him." (1 Kings 19:19)