G5511: χλαμύς (chlamýs)

G5511 χλαμύς (chlamýs)

Greek

Quick Definition

χλαμύς, ύδος, ἡ n.f. a short cloak

Strong's Definition

of uncertain derivation; a military cloak

KJV Usage: robe

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

χλαμύς (G5511)

noun, f. | -ύδος

6.173 · Artifacts · Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials

cloak a loose outer garment worn by Roman soldiers and travellers In some parts of the world the closest equivalent of χλαμύς is a poncho.

MAT 27:28 · MAT 27:31

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

χλαμύς, -ύδος, ἡ, (acc. to the testimony of Pollux 10, 38, 164, first used by Sappho), a chlamys, an outer garment usually worn over the χιτών [q. v.]; spec. the Lat. paludamentum [q.v. in Rich, Dict. of Antiq. 8. v. sub fin.], a kind of short cloak worn by soldiers, military officers, magistrates, kings, emperors, ete. (2 Mace. xii. 85; Joseph. antt. 5, 1,10; Hdian., Ael., al.; often in Plut.): Mt. xxvii. 28, 31, [A.V. robe ; see Meyer ad loc.; Trench, Syn. §1.; Ricb (as above) s.v. Chlamys; and other reff. s. v. ἱμάτιον]. ἢ

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

χλαμύς chlamys 2x

chlamys, a type of cloak; a Roman military commander’s cloak, Mt. 27:28, 31*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* χλαμύς, -ύδος, ἡ

[in LXX: II Mac 12:35 * ;]

a chlamys, or short cloak worn over the χιτών (q.v.): Mt 27:28, 31 (v. Tr., Syn., § 1).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

χλαμύς, “αι cloak” worn over the χιτών (Mt 27°31); P Cairo Zen 11. 59263° (B.c. 251) ἔγραψέν pot Μαιανδρία ὅτι χλαμύδα αὐτὴν κελεύεις ἐξυφᾶναι, ‘‘ Maiandria wrote me that you are ordering her to weave a cloak,’”’ P Par 10% (B.C. 145) περὶ τὸ σῶμα χλαμύδα καὶ περίζωμα, P Oxy I. 12319 (iii/iv Α.1».) ἐκ[εἸλεύσθημεν γὰρ μετὰ τῶν χλαμύδων εἰσβῆναι, “ογ΄ the orders which we received were to wear cloaks when we entered” (Edd.), with reference to an official function, and 74. X. 1288-4 (private account—iv/A.D.) χλαμύδος καὶ στιχάρ[ι]ον (= -ov) (τάλ.) tt, “ for a short cloak and tunic 17 tal.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

χλαμύς (chlamus) — robe. χλᾰμύς [ῠ], ύδος, ἡ: accusative χλαμύδα, also χλάμυν [Refs 7th c.BC+]:—short mantle, worn properly by horsemen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; borrowed with the πέτασος from Thessaly, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but said to be Macedonian, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; worn by ἔφηβοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μάτηρ σε.. δῶρον ἐς Ἅιδαν ὀκτωκαιδεκέταν ἐστόλισεν χλαμύδι[Refs 1st c.BC+]; χλαμύδεσσ᾽ ἀμφεμμένοι, of ephebi, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐκ χλαμύδος, ={ἐξ ἐφήβου}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; worn by Hermes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also by Eros, [Refs 7th c.BC+]

2. generally, military cloak, of foot-soldiers, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of heralds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. of the general's cloak, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; worn by kings, [Refs]; by tragic kings and heroes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; by Σειληνοί in a procession, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: = Latin paludamentum, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

4. a civilian's mantle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]