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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 12 times in 12 verses in 'Mar' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:21 - No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: G2440 else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:27 - When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. G2440

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:28 - For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, G2440 I shall be whole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:30 - And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? G2440

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: G2440 and as many as touched him were made whole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:3 - And his raiment G2440 became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:50 - And he, casting away his garment, G2440 rose, and came to Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:7 - And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments G2440 on him; and he sat upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:8 - And many spread their garments G2440 in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:16 - And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. G2440

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:20 - And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes G2440 on him, and led him out to crucify him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:24 - And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, G2440 casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
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