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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 16 times in 14 verses in 'Mat' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:40 - And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke G2440 also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:16 - No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, G2440 for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, G2440 and the rent is made worse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:20 - And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: G2440

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:21 - For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, G2440 I shall be whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:8 - But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? G2440 behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:36 - And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: G2440 and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:2 - And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment G2440 was white as the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:7 - And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, G2440 and they set him thereon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:8 - And a very great multitude spread their garments G2440 in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:5 - But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, G2440

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:18 - Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. G2440

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:65 - Then the high priest rent his clothes, G2440 saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:31 - And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment G2440 on him, and led him away to crucify him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:35 - And they crucified him, and parted his garments, G2440 casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments G2440 among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
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