STRONGS G5509:
χιτών,
χιτῶνος,
ὁ, from
Homer down, the
Sept. for
כֻּתֹּנֶת and
כְּתֹנֶת,
a tunic, an undergarment, usually worn next the skin:
Matthew 10:10;
Mark 6:9;
Luke 3:11;
Luke 9:3;
Jude 1:23; it is distinguished from
τό ἱμάτιον (which see 2) or
τά ἱμάτια in
Matthew 5:40;
Luke 6:29;
John 19:23;
Acts 9:39; universally,
a garment, vestment (
Aeschylus suppl. 903), plural (
Plutarch, Tib. Gracch. 19),
Mark 14:63. (Cf. Rich,
Dict. of Antiq. under the word Tunica; and references under the word
ἱμάτιον, as above.)
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