STRONGS G2438:
ἱμάς,
-άντος,
ὁ, (from
ἵημι to send; namely, a vessel, which was tied to thongs of leather and let down into a well for the purpose of drawing water; hence,
ἱμάω also, to draw something made fast to a thong or rope [recent etymology connect it with Skt.
si to bind; cf. Curtius § 602; Vanicek, p. 1041]); from Homer down;
a thong of leather, a strap; in the
N. T. of the thongs with which captives or criminals were either bound or beaten (see
προτείνω),
Acts 22:25 (4 Macc. 9:11; Sir. 30:35); of the thongs or ties by which sandals were fastened to the feet,
Mark 1:7;
Luke 3:16;
John 1:27, (so also in
Isaiah 5:27; Xenophon, anab. 4, 5, 14; Plutarch, symp. 4, 2, 3; Suidas
ἱμάς.
σφαιρωτὴρ σανδαλίου,
ζανίχιον,
οἷον τὸ λώριον τοῦ ὑποδήματος).
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