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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 62 times in 59 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (Jas 5:2–Rev 19:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:2 - Your riches have rotted and your garments G2440 have become moth-eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:3 - Your adornment must not be merely external—braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on garments G2440;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:4 - ‘But you have a few [fn]names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments G2440, and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:5 - ‘He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments G2440, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:18 - I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments G2440 so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be manifested; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:4 - Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and upon those thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments G2440, and golden crowns on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:15 - (“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his garments G2440, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”)

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:13 - and being clothed with a garment G2440 dipped in blood, His name is also called The Word of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:16 - And He has on His garment G2440 and on His thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

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