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Lexicon :: Strong's G2440 - himation

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ἱμάτιον
Transliteration
himation (Key)
Pronunciation
him-at'-ee-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of ennumi (to put on)
Strong’s Definitions

ἱμάτιον himátion, him-at'-ee-on; neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi (to put on); a dress (inner or outer):—apparel, cloke, clothes, garment, raiment, robe, vesture.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x

The KJV translates Strong's G2440 in the following manner: garment (30x), raiment (12x), clothes (12x), cloke (2x), robe (2x), vesture (2x), apparel (1x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x
The KJV translates Strong's G2440 in the following manner: garment (30x), raiment (12x), clothes (12x), cloke (2x), robe (2x), vesture (2x), apparel (1x), not translated (1x).

  1. a garment (of any sort)

    1. garments, i.e. the cloak or mantle and the tunic

  2. the upper garment, the cloak or mantle

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἱμάτιον himátion, him-at'-ee-on; neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi (to put on); a dress (inner or outer):—apparel, cloke, clothes, garment, raiment, robe, vesture.
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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:40; 9:16; 9:20; 11:8; 17:2; 24:18; 26:65; 27:31; 27:35; 27:35
Mark
2:21; 5:2; 15:20
Luke
5:36; 6:29; 7:25; 7:25; 8:44; 9:29
John
19:2; 19:23; 19:23; 19:24
Acts
7:58; 9:39; 14:14; 20:33; 22:23
1 Timothy
2:9
Hebrews
1:11
James
5:2
Revelation
19:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2440 matches the Greek ἱμάτιον (himation),
which occurs 189 times in 179 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 9:23–Lev 15:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 - But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:27 - So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20 - Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29 - When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - she took off her widow’s clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:19 - After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow’s clothes again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:12 - She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:13 - When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:15 - When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:16 - She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:18 - But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:13 - At this, they tore their clothes. Then they all loaded their donkeys and returned to the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34 - So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:10 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14 - After Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the judges.[fn] The one whom the judges declare[fn] guilty must pay back double to the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26 - If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:27 - because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:27 - Whatever touches any of the flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in the sanctuary area.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 - Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become unkempt[fn] and do not tear your clothes, or you will die and the LORD will be angry with the whole community. But your relatives, all the Israelites, may mourn for those the LORD has destroyed by fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:25 - Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28 - Anyone who picks up their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. These animals are unclean for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth. Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:40 - Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:6 - On the seventh day the priest is to examine them again, and if the sore has faded and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them clean; it is only a rash. They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:34 - On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore, and if it has not spread in the skin and appears to be no more than skin deep, the priest shall pronounce them clean. They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45 - “Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt,[fn] cover the lower part of their face and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:47 - “As for any fabric that is spoiled with a defiling mold—any woolen or linen clothing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:49 - if the affected area in the fabric, the leather, the woven or knitted material, or any leather article, is greenish or reddish, it is a defiling mold and must be shown to the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 - On the seventh day he is to examine it, and if the mold has spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather, whatever its use, it is a persistent defiling mold; the article is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:52 - He must burn the fabric, the woven or knitted material of wool or linen, or any leather article that has been spoiled; because the defiling mold is persistent, the article must be burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:53 - “But if, when the priest examines it, the mold has not spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather article,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:55 - After the article has been washed, the priest is to examine it again, and if the mold has not changed its appearance, even though it has not spread, it is unclean. Burn it, no matter which side of the fabric has been spoiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:56 - If, when the priest examines it, the mold has faded after the article has been washed, he is to tear the spoiled part out of the fabric, the leather, or the woven or knitted material.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:57

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:57 - But if it reappears in the fabric, in the woven or knitted material, or in the leather article, it is a spreading mold; whatever has the mold must be burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:58 - Any fabric, woven or knitted material, or any leather article that has been washed and is rid of the mold, must be washed again. Then it will be clean.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59 - These are the regulations concerning defiling molds in woolen or linen clothing, woven or knitted material, or any leather article, for pronouncing them clean or unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - “The person to be cleansed must wash their clothes, shave off all their hair and bathe with water; then they will be ceremonially clean. After this they may come into the camp, but they must stay outside their tent for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9 - On the seventh day they must shave off all their hair; they must shave their head, their beard, their eyebrows and the rest of their hair. They must wash their clothes and bathe themselves with water, and they will be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:47 - Anyone who sleeps or eats in the house must wash their clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:55 - for defiling molds in fabric or in a house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:6 - Whoever sits on anything that the man with a discharge sat on must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:7 - “ ‘Whoever touches the man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:8 - “ ‘If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:10 - and whoever touches any of the things that were under him will be unclean till evening; whoever picks up those things must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:11 - “ ‘Anyone the man with a discharge touches without rinsing his hands with water must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:13 - “ ‘When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:17 - Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening.

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