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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 16 times in 14 verses in 'Mat' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:40 - and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take -- suffer to him also the cloak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:16 - 'And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:20 - and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:21 - for she said within herself, 'If only I may touch his garment, I shall be saved.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:8 - 'But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:36 - and were calling on him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment, and as many as did touch were saved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:2 - and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:7 - brought the ass and the colt, and did put on them their garments, and set him upon them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:8 - and the very great multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:5 - 'And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:18 - and he in the field -- let him not turn back to take his garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:65 - Then the chief priest rent his garments, saying, -- 'He hath spoken evil; what need have we yet of witnesses? lo, now ye heard his evil speaking;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:31 - and when they had mocked him, they took off from him the cloak, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:35 - And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, 'They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;'
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