G2438: ἱμάς (himás)

G2438 ἱμάς (himás)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἱμάς, άντος, ὁ n.m. a thong, strap

Strong's Definition

perhaps from the same as 260; a strap, i.e. (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge)

KJV Usage: latchet, thong

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἱμάς (G2438)

noun, m. | -άντος

6.20 · Artifacts · Instruments Used in Binding and Fastening

strap, thong leather strap or thong (used in binding sandals or shoes and as thongs in a whip) In a number of languages ἱμάς[a] may be translated as ‘leather string’ or ‘strip of leather.’ In JHN 1:27 the term may be absorbed within the total expression, for example, worthy to untie his sandals (implying the untying of the straps with which the sandals were bound).
In ACT 22:25 the clause ὡς δὲ προέτειναν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἱμᾶσιν may be interpreted as ‘they tied him up with thongs’ or as ‘they tied him up for whipping,’ in which case ἱμᾶσιν would refer to an event, not to an object (see 19.9).

MRK 1:7 · LUK 3:16 · JHN 1:27 · ACT 22:25

19.9 · Physical Impact · Hit, Strike

whipping, flogging act of beating severely with a whip It is also possible to interpret ἱμάς in ACT 22:25 as the thongs with which Paul was tied up (see 6.20).

ACT 22:25

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἱμάς, -dvros, 6, (fr. ἴημι to send; 56. a vessel, which was tied to thongs of leather and let down into a well for the purpose of drawing water; hence ἱμάω also, to draw ‘something made fast to a thong or rope [recent etymol. connect it w. Skt. si to bind; cf. Curtius $602; Vanitek Ῥ- 1041]); fr. Hom. down; a thong of leather, a strap; in the N. T. of the thongs with which captives or criminals were either bound or beaten (see προτείνω), Acts or ties by which sandals were fastened to the feet, Mk. i. 7; Lk. iii. 16; Jn. i. 27, (so also in Is. v. 27; Xen. anab. 4, 5, 14; Plut. symp. 4, 2, 3; Suid. ἱμάς - σφαιρωtip σανδαλίου, ζανίχιον, οἷον τὸ λώριον τοῦ ὑποδήματος)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἱμάς himas 4x

a strap or thong of leather, Acts 22:25; a shoe-latchet, Mk. 1:7; Lk. 3:16; Jn. 1:27*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἱμάς, -άντος, ὁ,

[in LXX: Is 5:27 (שְׂרוֹךְ), Si 30:35 (33:26), IV Mac 9:11, al;]

a thong, strap: for binding prisoners (IV Mac 9:11, Si 30:35 (33:26)), Ac 22:25; for fastening sandals, Mk 1:7, Lk 3:16, Jo 1:27.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἱμάς. P Petr II. 25 (a)? (iii/B.c.) εἰς ἱμάντας ἐλαίου, a receipt for oil for greasing straps, P Oxy X. 12947 (ii/iii A.D.) ἱμάντα δεδεμένον εἰς Td πανάριον καλόν, ‘a good strap tied to the basket” (Edd.). An edict of iv/a.p., P Oxy IX. 11863, directed against the use of the whip (ἱμάντες) in the punishment of free men, has—rd τὴν διὰ τῶν ἱμάντων ληταρι[.Ἰωὼν ἐπιχωρίως οὕτω καλουμένων αἰκείαν ὑπομένειν ἐστὶν μὲν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν δουλικὴν τύχην εἰληχότων ἀνιαρόν, ‘subjection to the punishment of scourging, called in the native speech. . ., is even for those of servile estate lamentable ” (Ed.): cf. Ac 2276 (RV marg. “for the thongs’’). In Sy/7 5375 (2nd half iv/B.c.) ἐπιθεὶς ἱμάντας πλάτος ἡμιποδίου the reference is to ‘‘asseres horizontali positura canteriis impositi” (Ed.) : cf. 26. 587% (B.c. 329-8). A good illustration of Mk 17 is afforded by Menander /yagm. p. 33, No.109* ὑποδούμενος τὸν ἱμάντα yap τῆς δεξιᾶς | ἐμβάδος ἀπέρρηξ(α).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἱμάς (himas) — leather strap. ἱμάς, ὁ, genitive ἱμάντος (not ἱμᾶς, ἱμᾶντος Hdn.Gr. 2.939): Epic dialect dative plural ἱμάντεσσι:— leathern strap or thong, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __a traces, [Refs] __b reins, [Refs], etc.; τμητοῖς ἱμᾶσι [Refs 5th c.BC+] __c straps on which the body of the chariot was hung, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __d lash of a whip, formed by several thongs, [Refs] __e boxing-glove, consisting of several straps put round the hand,[Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. in singular, the magic girdle of Aphrodite, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. b chin-strap of the helmet, [Refs]

2. c thong, by which the bolt was shot home into the socket, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. d after [Refs 8th c.BC+], thong or latchet of a sandal, [NT+5th c.BC+]

2. e rail-rope, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. f well-rope, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. g dog-leash, [Refs 5th c.BC+] you were tough as a dog-leash, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. h whip, scourge, ἔξω τις δότω ἱμάντα [NT+4th c.BC+] __i cord, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. diseased condition of the uvula, [Refs]

III. ἱμάντες, in Architecture texts, planks laid on rafters, [Refs]; on στρωτῆρες (which see), [Refs]sināti 'bind', Latin saeta.) [?~X ¯, usually; but also ῑ in Epic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+]