What does ἱματισμός (himatismós) mean in the Bible?
ἱματισμός (himatismós) is a Greek word meaning "clothing".
Greek · G2441
ἱματισμός
Clothing
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ἱματισμός G2441
Pronunciation himatismós
What does ἱματισμός (himatismós) mean in the Bible?
ἱματισμός (himatismós) is a Greek word meaning "clothing".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2441?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include clothing (3), clothes (2).
Where does ἱματισμός (himatismós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 7:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), 1 Timothy (1), Acts (1), John (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 clothing 3× Luke 7:25, John 19:24, Acts 20:33
clothes 2× Luke 9:29, 1 Timothy 2:9
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 7:25 ἱματισμῷ to clothing Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Luke 9:29 ἱματισμὸς to clothes Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular John 19:24 ἱματισμόν to clothing Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 20:33 ἱματισμοῦ to clothing Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1 Timothy 2:9 ἱματισμῷ to clothes Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 7:25
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Luke 2 John 1 Acts 1 1 Timothy 1
Source forms
ἱματισμῷ 2x himatismō Luke 7:25, 1 Timothy 2:9
ἱματισμόν 1x himatismon John 19:24
ἱματισμὸς 1x himatismos Luke 9:29
ἱματισμοῦ 1x himatismou Acts 20:33
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 2x Luke 7:25, 1 Timothy 2:9
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x John 19:24
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Acts 20:33
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 9:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. clothing
Strong's G2441
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
clothing
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(ιματίζω), [in LXX: Gen.24:53, 2Ch.18:29, Eze.16:18, al. (בֶּגֶד); Exo.3:22 12:35, Rut.3:3, al. (שִׂמְלָה), etc. ;] clothing, apparel (usually of sumptuous attire; see Tr., Syn., § 1): Luk.7:25 9:29, Jhn.19:24 (Psa.22:19, LXX for לְבוּשׁ), Act.20:33, 1Ti.2:9.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 27:35 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ἱματισμόν imatismon
raiment, clothing
Read verse Luke 7:25 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἱματισμῷ imatismw
raiment, clothing
Read verse Luke 9:29 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἱματισμὸς imatismov
raiment, clothing
Read verse John 19:24 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ἱματισμόν imatismon
raiment, clothing
Read verse Acts 20:33 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἱματισμοῦ imatismou
raiment, clothing
Read verse 1 Timothy 2:9 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἱματισμῷ imatismw
raiment, clothing
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 5 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 9:29 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 20:33 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Luke 7:25 · 1 Tim 2:9 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine John 19:24 1×
Word Origins
ἱματισμός is built from this root:
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