Daniel 3:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Their coats. — The dresses spoken of here correspond with what Herodotus tells us (i. 195) of the Babylonian costume. As far as can be determined from the etymology of the words, the “coat” was an under-clothing, which covered the whole body; the “hose” was some species of tunic — something “spread out” over the under-clothing; the “hat” (the only one of the three words of which no Hebrew root exists (see 1 Chronicles 15:27), was a sort of cloak, used probably for State occasions only.

Daniel 3:21

21 Then these men were bound in their coats,g their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.