Hose

Hose appears in Daniel 3:21 (KJV) as part of the list of garments worn by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego when they were thrown into the fiery furnace: bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. The Aramaic word rendered hosen or hose (sarbāl) denotes a type of garment—likely a tunic, trousers, or mantle worn as an undergarment. Translations vary considerably: mantle, tunic, trousers, and cloak have all been proposed depending on how the Aramaic is understood.

The point of the verse is not the precise nature of the garments but their preservation: when the three men emerged from the furnace unharmed, not a hair of their heads was singed and their garments were not affected—not even the smell of fire was on them. The detailed listing of their clothing items before and after the ordeal dramatizes the miraculous completeness of God's protection. The specific term hosen in the KJV reflects the translation conventions of the early seventeenth century; modern versions typically render the underlying Aramaic with more current terminology.