ἱμάτιονhimátion

a dress (inner or outer)

Greek (New Testament) · G2440

Meanings

a garment, but in usage always (exc. in p1., see below) of an outer garment, a mantle, cloak: Matthew 9:16, Matthew 9:20, Matthew 9:21, Mark 2:21, Mark 5:27, Mark 5:28, Mark 5:30, John 19:2, Acts 12:8, and elsewhere; opposed to χιτών, Matthew 5:40, Luke 6:29, Acts 9:39; plural, garments, clothes (i.e. the cloak and the tunic), Matthew 17:2, Matthew 26:65, Matthew 27:31, Matthew 27:35, Mark 5:30, Mark 15:20, Mark 15:24, John 19:23, John 19:24, James 5:2, and elsewhere

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 60 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 5:40 If you are sued in court and your shirt is taken from you, give your coat, too.
  • Matthew 9:16 “Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.
  • Matthew 9:20 Just then a woman who had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding came up behind him. She touched the fringe of his robe,
  • Matthew 9:21 for she thought, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”
  • Matthew 14:36 They begged him to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe, and all who touched him were healed.
  • Matthew 17:2 As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was transformed so that his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.