What does χιτών · ἄῤῥαφος mean in the Bible?
χιτών · ἄῤῥαφος is a Greek phrase meaning "tunic, seamless/without seam".
Greek · G5509, G729
χιτὼν...ἄραφος
A tunic or shirt · seamless
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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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ἄῤῥαφος G729 seamless
Pronunciation árrhaphos
Garment woven in one piece without seams, emphasizing completeness and unity rather than assembly from parts.
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What does χιτὼν...ἄραφος (chitōn...araphos) mean in the Bible?
χιτών · ἄῤῥαφος is a Greek phrase meaning "tunic, seamless/without seam".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5509, G729?
G5509, G729 is connected to 11 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. tunic, seamless/without seam
Source Gloss
tunic, seamless/without seam
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 11 Case pattern Accusative (10) Number pattern Plural (6)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine John 19:23 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:10 · Mark 6:9 · Mark 14:63 · Luke 3:11 · Luke 9:3 · Acts 9:39 6×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:40 · Luke 6:29 · John 19:23 · Jude 1:23 4×
Word Origins
χιτὼν...ἄραφος is of foreign origin - no further derivation.
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