What does ἱμάτιον · χιτών mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G2440, G5509
ἱμάτια / χιτών
A dress (inner or outer) · a tunic or shirt
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ἱμάτιον G2440 a dress (inner or outer)
Pronunciation himátion
Outer garment worn over the tunic; distinguishable from the inner χιτών in biblical dress terminology.
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χιτών G5509 a tunic or shirt
Pronunciation chitṓn
Inner garment worn next to skin, distinguished from ἱμάτιον (outer cloak).
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What does ἱμάτια / χιτών (himatia / chitōn) mean in the Bible?
ἱμάτιον · χιτών is a Greek phrase meaning "Garments/tunic; divided and gambled over in fulfillment of Scripture.".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2440, G5509?
G2440, G5509 is connected to 60 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Garments/tunic; divided and gambled over in fulfillment of Scripture.
Source Gloss
Garments/tunic; divided and gambled over in fulfillment of Scripture.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 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 8 Aligned forms 60 Case pattern Accusative (41) Number pattern Plural (35)
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 17:2 · Mark 9:3 · Jas 5:2 3×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Heb 1:11 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 9:16 · Matt 9:20 · Matt 9:21 · Matt 14:36 · Mark 5:27 · Mark 6:56 · Luke 5:36 · Luke 8:44 8×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Mark 5:28 · Mark 5:30 · 1 Pet 3:3 3×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Luke 7:25 · Rev 3:5 · Rev 4:4 3×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 9:16 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 21:7 · Matt 21:8 · Matt 26:65 · Matt 27:31 · Matt 27:35 · Mark 11:7 · Mark 11:8 · Mark 15:20 · Mark 15:24 · Luke 19:35 · Luke 19:36 · Luke 23:34 · John 13:4 · John 13:12 · John 19:23 · John 19:24 26×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 5:40 · Matt 24:18 · Mark 2:21 · Mark 10:50 · Mark 13:16 · Luke 5:36 · Luke 6:29 · Luke 8:27 · Luke 22:36 · John 19:2 · John 19:5 · Acts 12:8 · Heb 1:12 · Rev 19:13 · Rev 19:16 15×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
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