Matthew 3:4

Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Ἰωάννης εἶχε τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τριχῶν καμήλου, καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ· ἡ δὲ τροφὴ αὐτοῦ ἦν ἀκρίδες καὶ μέλι ἄγριον.

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 846; Autos; Αὐτὸς; Himself; PPro-NM3S

Strongs 1161; de; δὲ; and; Conj

Strongs 3588; ho; ὁ; the; Art-NMS

Strongs 2491; Iōannēs; Ἰωάννης; Favored; N-NMS

Strongs 2192; eichen; εἶχεν; had; V-IIA-3S

Strongs 3588; to; τὸ; the; Art-ANS

Strongs 1742; endyma; ἔνδυμα; outer garment; N-ANS

Strongs 846; autou; αὐτοῦ; himself; PPro-GM3S

Strongs 575; apo; ἀπὸ; away from; Prep

Strongs 2359; trichōn; τριχῶν; of hair; N-GFP

Strongs 2574; kamēlou; καμήλου; of a camel; N-GFS

Strongs 2532; kai; καὶ; and; Conj

Strongs 2223; zōnēn; ζώνην; a womans girdle; N-AFS

Strongs 1193; dermatinēn; δερματίνην; of leather; Adj-AFS

Strongs 4012; peri; περὶ; around; Prep

Strongs 3588; tēn; τὴν; the; Art-AFS

Strongs 3751; osphyn; ὀσφὺν; loin; N-AFS

Strongs 846; autou; αὐτοῦ; himself; PPro-GM3S

Strongs 3588; hē; ἡ; the; Art-NFS

Strongs 1161; de; δὲ; and; Conj

Strongs 5160; trophē; τροφὴ; the food; N-NFS

Strongs 1510; ēn; ἦν; was; V-IIA-3S

Strongs 846; autou; αὐτοῦ; himself; PPro-GM3S

Strongs 200; akrides; ἀκρίδες; locusts; N-NFP

Strongs 2532; kai; καὶ; and; Conj

Strongs 3192; meli; μέλι; honey; N-NNS

Strongs 66; agrion; ἄγριον; uncultivated; Adj-NNS

RBT Translation:

The Mother of Himself: Engendering Himself by a Camel, Girding on Ones Skinned Alive, Nourished by Nothing Desirable

And he, himself, the Favored, kept holding the Outer Garment of himself away from hairs of a camel, and a women's-girdle^8e of leathern-skin around the Loin of himself, and the Nourishment, she was being of himself, locusts and savage honey.

Uncultivated/Savage Words and "The Outer Garment"

• The Hebrew word for "words" is דברים (d'varim), Strong's #1697. It is derived from the root דבר (dabar), #1696, meaning "ordered word." The term דברים is commonly used to denote spoken or written words.
• The Hebrew word for "bees" is דבוֹרים (d'vorim), Strong's #1682. It is derived from the same root דבר (dabar), which means "ordered/arranged word."
• The noun for bee, not surprisingly, is specifically constructed from the passive participle: דבוֹר which means, "he who is spoken." Bees = those who are spoken/arranged in order.
• But it does not end there. דבורה #1683 Deborah, the Judge, her name means, "Bee." But literally it is the feminine of the passive participle, "she who is arranged in order." The Writing is like the Outer Garment of the Word.

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And this John had his garment from camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

LITV Translation:
And John himself had his clothing from hairs of a camel, and a belt of leather about his loin. And his food was locusts and wild honey.

Footnotes

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Mat 3:4

Scripture as a Woman's Girdle vs a Noose

ζώνη : girdle of a woman (see cut No. 48, also Nos. 44 and 61); then for waist, Il. 2.479, Il. 11.234.

(Autenrieth Homer)

ζώνη: A girdle worn by a goddess or a woman: ζώσατο ζώνῃ Il. 14.181. Cf. Od. 5.231 = Od. 10.544.

Fig.: λῦσε παρθενίην ζώνην (her maiden girdle) Od. 11.245.

The waist or loins of a man Il. 2.479, Il. 11.234.

(Cunliffe Homer)

ζώνη, ἡ, belt, girdle, waistband; at Hom. the lower belt that the women wore above the hips, which held the garment together, which hung down in folds (cf. ζωστήρ)

(Pape)

ζών-η, ἡ, (ζώννυμι)

prop. the lower girdle worn by women just above the hips, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετʼ ἰξυῖ Od. 5.231, 10.544, cf. Il. 14.181, Hdt. 1.51, etc.

A manʼs belt is more freq. ζωστήρ

ἡ ζώνη τοῦ Ὠρίωνος the girdle of Orion (the three stars) Aristotle, Meteorologica (343b24)

(LSJ)