Quick Definition
ἱμάτιον, ου, τό n.n. outer garment
Strong's Definition
neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi (to put on); a dress (inner or outer)
KJV Usage: apparel, cloke, clothes, garment, raiment, robe, vesture
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | ἱματίζω
6.162 · Artifacts · Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials
clothing, apparel any kind of clothing
MAT 9:16 · MAT 9:16 · MAT 17:2 · MAT 21:7 · MAT 21:8 · MAT 27:31 · MAT 27:35 · MRK 2:21 · MRK 9:3 · MRK 15:20 · MRK 15:24 · LUK 5:36 · LUK 5:36 · LUK 7:25 · LUK 8:27 · LUK 19:35 · LUK 19:36 · LUK 23:34 · JHN 13:4 · JHN 13:12 · JHN 19:23 · JHN 19:24 · ACT 14:14 · ACT 16:22 · ACT 18:6 · HEB 1:11 · HEB 1:12 · JAS 5:2 · 1PE 3:3 · REV 3:4 · REV 3:5 · REV 3:18 · REV 4:4 · REV 16:15
6.172 · Artifacts · Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials
cloak, coat, robe any type of outer garment The choice of an equivalent for these terms relating to ‘outer garments’ will depend largely upon the specific context and the usage in each receptor language. The most common equivalent is a term meaning ‘coat.’
MAT 5:40 · MAT 9:20 · MAT 9:21 · MAT 14:36 · MAT 24:18 · MAT 26:65 · MRK 5:27 · MRK 5:28 · MRK 5:30 · MRK 6:56 · MRK 10:50 · MRK 11:7 · MRK 11:8 · MRK 13:16 · LUK 6:29 · LUK 8:44 · LUK 22:36 · JHN 19:2 · JHN 19:5 · ACT 7:58 · ACT 9:39 · ACT 12:8 · ACT 22:20 · ACT 22:23 · HEB 1:11 · HEB 1:12 · REV 19:13 · REV 19:16
1 There are no doubt certain minor distinctions in meaning for the four terms in 6.172, but it is impossible to determine the distinctive features on the basis of existing contexts. There are considerable differences of opinion about φαιλόνης, regarded by many as a loan word from Latin paenula.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἱμάτιον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of tua i. 4. εἷμα, an article of clothing, garment; and this fr. ἔννυμι to clothe, cf. Germ. Hemd); [fr. Hdt. down]; Sept. mostly for 733, also for τ γον, 705, ete.; 1. a garment (of any sort): Mt. ix. 16; xi. 8 [RG Lbr., al. om.; ef. W. 591 (550) ; B. 82 (72)]; Mk. ii. 21; xv. 20; Lk. v. 36; vii. 25; Heb. i. 11; plur. garments, i. e. the cloak or mantle and the tunic [cf. W. 176 (166); B. 24 (23)]: Mt. xvii. 2; xxiv. 18 [Rec.]; xxvii. 31,35; Jn. xix. 23; Acts vii. 58; Jas. vy. 2, ete.; to rend ra ip. (see διαρρήγνυμι), Mt. xxvi. 65; Acts xiv. 14; xxii. 23. 2. the upper garment, the cloak or mantle (which was thrown over the tunic, 6 χιτών) (Rutherford, New Phryn. p. 22]: Mt. ix. 20; [xxiv. 18 LT Tr WH]; Mk. v. 27; Lk. viii. 44; Jn. xix. 2; Rey. xix. 16; it is distinguished from the χιτών in Mt. v.40; ΓΚ. vi. 29; [cf. Jn. xix. 23]; Actsix.39. [CE. Trench 81]. ; BB. DD.s. v. Dress; Edersheim, Jewish Social Life, ch. xiii.; esp. ‘Jesus the Messiah,’ i. 620 sqq-}
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱμάτιον himation 60x
a garment; the upper garment, mantle, Mt. 5:40; 9:16, 20, 21; pl. the mantle and tunic together, Mt. 26:65; pl. genr. garments, raiment, Mt. 11:8; 24:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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., v. infr.) of an outer garment, a mantle, cloak (thrown over the χιτών; v. Rutherford, NPhr., 22; DCG, i, 499a): Mt 9:16, 20, 21, Mk 2:21 5:27, 28, 30, Jo 19:2, Ac 12:8, al.; opp. to χιτών, Mt 5:40, Lk 6:29, Ac 9:39; pl., garments, clothes (i.e. the cloak and the tunic), Mt 17:2 26:65 27:31, 35, Mk 5:30 15:20, 24, Jo 19:23, 24, Ja 5:2, al.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱμάτιον. The plural is used = “‘ garments’’ generally, as in Mk 5%°, in the marriage contract P Ryl IT. 1548 (a.p. 66) ἱμα[τίω]ν o[r]oda[s] δύο, λευκὴι pla [ναρ]κ[ι]σσίνη μία, kal πάλλ[ι]α πέντε, ‘in raiment two robes, one white, one narcissus, and five mantles ” (Edd.): cf. PSI I. 9418 (ii/a.D.) μὴ ἀγωνία δὲ περὶ τῶν ἱματίων. In P Lille I. 6° (iii/B.c.) the ἱμάτιον is distinguished from the inner χιτών in the account of a robbery—e§éSuoayv χιτῶνα ἄξιον (δραχμὰς) 5, ἱμάτιον τριβακὸν (‘‘smooth,” “δης᾽)) ἄξιον (δραχμὰς) §: cf. P Par 59. (B.C.160) πέπρακα τὸ ὀθόνιον (δραχμῶν) ᾧ καὶ τὸ εἷμάτιον (δραχμῶν) Tr. The weaving of the χιτώνιον and ἱμάτιον is mentioned in P Lond 429% 41 (c. a.D. 350) (= II. p- 315) ‘‘ probably a religious ceremony, ’’ according to the editor, ‘‘like the weaving of the peplos at Athens.” exx. of the word are P Petr II. 32 (1)18 ἱμάτια Αἰγύπτια, P Fay 129 ((. B.c. 103) ἐξέδυσαν ὃ περ[ιε]Ἰβεβλήμην ἱμάτιον, “‘they stripped me of the garment I was wearing,’’ 24. 109° (early i/A.b.) ἐάν σε By (/. δέῃ) TO εἱμάτιόν σου θεῖναι ἐνέXvpoy, “even if you have to pawn your cloak” (Edd.), and of the diminutive, P Par 10” (B.c. 145) ἱμάτιον καὶ ἱματίOther | C2 va In P Amh II. 7614 (ii/iii A.D.) we hear of ii/iii Hiparoy, quoted twice above, is the (Ionic) diminutive of ela: the Attic ἱμάτιον is due to itacism and perpetuates a vulgarism (Boisacq, p. 375)διον παιδαρίου.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἱμάτιον (himation) — clothing. ἱμάτιον [ῑμᾰ-], τό, in form a diminutive of ἷμα (i.e. εἷμα), a piece of dress; in usage always of an outer garment, formed by an oblong piece of cloth worn above the χιτών, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θοἰμάτιον by crasis for τὸ ἱμ-, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Roman toga, [Refs 1st c.AD+], of civilians,= togati, [Refs]; but ἱ. Ἑλληνικόν, opposed to the toga, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. ἱμάτια, τά, generally, clothes, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; of grave-clothes, ἐν εἱμ. τρισὶ [θάπτειν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. metaphorically, ἱμάτια πόλεως τείχη [Refs]
II. generally, cloth, [Refs 5th c.BC+] in Attic dialect Inscrr., [Refs 1st c.BC+]