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ἱμάτιον

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greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter60 occurrences9 books58 verses

Definition

ἱμάτιον, -ου, τό

(dim, of εἷμα, a garment), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּגֶד also for שִׂמְלָה, שַׂלְמָה, etc. ;]

a garment, but in usage always (exc. in p1., see infr.) of an outer garment, a mantle, cloak (thrown over the χιτών; see Rutherford, NPhr., 22; DCG, i, 499a): Matthew 9:16, 20-21, Mark 2:21; 5:27-28, 30, John 19:2, Acts 12:8, al.; opposite to χιτών, Matthew 5:40, Luke 6:29, Acts 9:39; pl., garments, clothes (i.e. the cloak and the tunic), Matthew 17:2; 26:65; 27:31, 35, Mark 5:30; 15:20, 24, John 19:23-24, James 5:2, al

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἱμάτιον:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

60 total
  1. Hebrews 1:12ἱμάτιον · a garment
    You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
  2. James 5:2ἱμάτια · clothes
    Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
  3. 1 Peter 3:3ἱματίων · fine clothes
    Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
  4. Revelation 3:4ἱμάτια · garments
    But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
  5. Revelation 3:5ἱματίοις
    Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
  6. Revelation 3:18ἱμάτια · garments
    I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
  7. Revelation 4:4ἱματίοις
    Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
  8. Revelation 16:15ἱμάτια · clothed
    “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
  9. Revelation 19:13ἱμάτιον · a robe
    He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
  10. Revelation 19:16ἱμάτιον · robe
    And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.