What does ἔνδυμα (éndyma) mean in the Bible?
ἔνδυμα (éndyma): Outer garment of daily wear, often emphasizing visible exterior appearance rather than inner clothing.
Greek · G1742
ἔνδυμα
Apparel (especially the outer robe)
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ἔνδυμα G1742
Pronunciation éndyma
What does ἔνδυμα (éndyma) mean in the Bible?
ἔνδυμα (éndyma): Outer garment of daily wear, often emphasizing visible exterior appearance rather than inner clothing.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1742?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include clothes (5), a garment (1), clothes [were] (1), clothing (1).
Where does ἔνδυμα (éndyma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 3:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (7), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It clothes 5× Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:28, Matthew 22:11, Matthew 22:12
a garment 1× Matthew 3:4
clothes [were] 1× Matthew 28:3
clothing 1× Matthew 7:15
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 3:4 ἔνδυμα to a garment Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Matthew 6:25 ἐνδύματος to clothes Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Matthew 6:28 ἐνδύματος to clothes Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Matthew 7:15 ἐνδύμασιν to clothing Noun - Dative Neuter Plural Matthew 22:11 ἔνδυμα to clothes Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Matthew 22:12 ἔνδυμα to clothes Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Matthew 28:3 ἔνδυμα to clothes [were] Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Luke 12:23 ἐνδύματος to clothes Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 3:4
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 2
Matthew 7 Luke 1
Source forms
ἔνδυμα 4x endyma Matthew 3:4, Matthew 22:11, Matthew 22:12, Matthew 28:3
ἐνδύματος 3x endymatos Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:28, Luke 12:23
ἐνδύμασιν 1x endymasin Matthew 7:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 3x Matthew 3:4, Matthew 22:11, Matthew 22:12
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 3x Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:28, Luke 12:23
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural 1x Matthew 7:15
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Matthew 28:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Outer garment of daily wear, often emphasizing visible exterior appearance rather than inner clothing.
Strong's G1742
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 4 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
apparel (especially the outer robe)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 3:4 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἔνδυμα enduma
a garment, raiment
Read verse Matthew 6:25 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ἐνδύματος; endumatov
a garment, raiment
Read verse Matthew 6:28 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ἐνδύματος endumatov
a garment, raiment
Read verse Matthew 7:15 Noun Dative Plural Neuter
ἐνδύμασι endumasin
a garment, raiment
Read verse Matthew 22:11 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἔνδυμα enduma
a garment, raiment
Read verse Matthew 22:12 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἔνδυμα enduma
a garment, raiment
Read verse Matthew 28:3 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ἔνδυμα enduma
a garment, raiment
Read verse Luke 12:23 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ἐνδύματος. endumatov
a garment, raiment
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 28:3 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 6:25 · Matt 6:28 · Luke 12:23 3×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Matt 7:15 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 3:4 · Matt 22:11 · Matt 22:12 3×
Word Origins
ἔνδυμα is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain