STRONGS G2440:
ἱμάτιον,
ἱματίου,
τό (diminutive of
ἱμα equivalent to
εἷμα, an article of clothing, garment; and this from
ἕννυμι to clothe, cf. German
Hemd); (from
Herodotus down); the
Sept. mostly for
בֶּגֶד, also for
שִׂמְלָה,
שַׂלְמָה, etc.;
1. a garment (of any sort):
Matthew 9:16;
Matthew 11:8 (
R G L brackets; others omit; cf.
Winers Grammar, 591 (550);
Buttmann, 82 (72));
Mark 2:21;
Mark 15:20;
Luke 5:36;
Luke 7:25;
Hebrews 1:11; plural
garments, i. e. the cloak or mantle and the tunic (cf.
Winers Grammar, 176 (166);
Buttmann, 24 (23)):
Matthew 17:2;
Matthew 24:18 (
Rec.);
Matthew 27:31,
35;
John 19:23;
Acts 7:58;
James 5:2, etc.; to rend
τά ἱμάτια (see
διαρρήγνυμι),
Matthew 26:65;
Acts 14:14;
Acts 22:23.
2. the upper garment,
the cloak or mantle (which was thrown over the tunic,
ὁ χιτών) (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 22):
Matthew 9:20; (xxiv. 18
L T Tr WH);
Mark 5:2;
Luke 8:44;
John 19:2;
Revelation 19:16; it is distinguished from the
χιτών in
Matthew 5:40;
Luke 6:29; (cf.
John 19:23);
Acts 9:39. (Cf.
Trench, § l.;
BB. DD. under the word ; Edersheim, Jewish Social Life, chapter xiii.; especially 'Jesus the Messiah,' 1:620ff)
ἱματισμός,
ἱματισμοῦ,
ὁ (
ἱματίζω),
clothing, apparel: universally,
Luke 7:25;
Acts 20:33;
1 Timothy 2:9; of the tunic,
Matthew 27:35 Rec.;
John 19:24; of the cloak or mantle,
Luke 9:29. (The
Sept.;
Theophrastus,
Polybius,
Diodorus,
Plutarch,
Athen.) (Cf.
Trench, § l.)
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