What does ἱματισμός (himatismós) mean in the Bible?
ἱματισμός (himatismós) is a Greek word meaning "clothing".
Greek · G2441
ἱματισμός
Clothing
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ἱματισμόςG2441
Pronunciationhimatismós
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 Itclothing3×Luke 7:25, John 19:24, Acts 20:33
clothes2×Luke 9:29, 1 Timothy 2:9
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 7:25ἱματισμῷtoclothingNoun - Dative Masculine SingularLuke 9:29ἱματισμὸςtoclothesNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularJohn 19:24ἱματισμόνtoclothingNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularActs 20:33ἱματισμοῦtoclothingNoun - Genitive Masculine Singular1 Timothy 2:9ἱματισμῷtoclothesNoun - Dative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 7:25
Aligned rows5
Books represented4
Luke2John1Acts11 Timothy1
Source forms
ἱματισμῷ2xhimatismōLuke 7:25, 1 Timothy 2:9
ἱματισμόν1xhimatismonJohn 19:24
ἱματισμὸς1xhimatismosLuke 9:29
ἱματισμοῦ1xhimatismouActs 20:33
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular2xLuke 7:25, 1 Timothy 2:9
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1xJohn 19:24
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1xActs 20:33
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xLuke 9:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. clothing
Strong'sG2441
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms4 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
clothing
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 27:35Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ἱματισμόνimatismon
raiment, clothing
Read verseLuke 7:25Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἱματισμῷimatismw
raiment, clothing
Read verseLuke 9:29Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἱματισμὸςimatismov
raiment, clothing
Read verseJohn 19:24Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ἱματισμόνimatismon
raiment, clothing
Read verseActs 20:33Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἱματισμοῦimatismou
raiment, clothing
Read verse1 Timothy 2:9Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἱματισμῷimatismw
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 patterns4Aligned forms5Case patternDative (2)Number patternSingular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineLuke 9:291×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineActs 20:331×
Dative · Singular · MasculineLuke 7:25 · 1 Tim 2:92×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineJohn 19:241×
Word Origins
ἱματισμός is built from this root: