What does χιτών (chitṓn) mean in the Bible?
χιτών (chitṓn): Inner garment worn next to skin, distinguished from ἱμάτιον (outer cloak).
Greek · G5509
χιτών
A tunic or shirt
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χιτών G5509
Pronunciation chitṓn
What does χιτών (chitṓn) mean in the Bible?
χιτών (chitṓn): Inner garment worn next to skin, distinguished from ἱμάτιον (outer cloak).
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5509?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include tunic (5), [It] (1), [the] tunics (1), clothes (1), clothing (1).
Where does χιτών (chitṓn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:40. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), John (2), Mark (2), Matthew (2).
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 tunic 5× Matthew 5:40, Matthew 10:10, Mark 6:9, Luke 6:29
[It] 1× John 19:23
[the] tunics 1× Acts 9:39
clothes 1× Mark 14:63
clothing 1× Jude 1:23
tunic [remaining] 1× John 19:23
tunics 1× Luke 3:11
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 5:40 χιτῶνά to tunic Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Matthew 10:10 χιτῶνας to tunic Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Mark 6:9 χιτῶνας to tunic Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Mark 14:63 χιτῶνας to clothes Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 3:11 χιτῶνας to tunics Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 6:29 χιτῶνα to tunic Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 9:3 χιτῶνας to tunic Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural John 19:23 χιτῶνα to tunic [remaining] Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular John 19:23 χιτὼν to [It] Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 9:39 χιτῶνας to [the] tunics Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 5:40
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 6
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Luke 3 John 2 Acts 1 Jude 1
Source forms
χιτῶνας 6x chitōnas Matthew 10:10, Mark 6:9, Mark 14:63, Luke 3:11
χιτῶνα 3x chitōna Luke 6:29, John 19:23, Jude 1:23
χιτὼν 1x chitōn John 19:23
χιτῶνά 1x chitōna Matthew 5:40
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 6x Matthew 10:10, Mark 6:9, Mark 14:63, Luke 3:11
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 4x Matthew 5:40, Luke 6:29, John 19:23, Jude 1:23
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x John 19:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Inner garment worn next to skin, distinguished from ἱμάτιον (outer cloak).
Strong's G5509
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Greek text appearances 11 times Word forms 3 forms 11 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 10:10 Source Gloss
a tunic or shirt
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Inner garment worn next to skin, distinguished from ἱμάτιον (outer cloak).
the garment worn next the skin (though two tunics were sometimes worn, see Swete, Mk., 117), a tunic: Mat.10:10, Mrk.6:9 14:63, Luk.3:11 9:3, Ju 23; dieting. from ἱμάτιον (which see), Mat.5:40, Luk.6:29, Jhn.19:23, Act.9:39 (see DCG, i, 338, 340, 499)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 5:40 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
χιτῶνά citwna
a tunic, garment, undergarment
Read verse Matthew 10:10 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
χιτῶνας, citwnav
a tunic, garment, undergarment
Read verse Mark 6:9 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
χιτῶνας. citwnav
a tunic, garment, undergarment
Read verse Mark 14:63 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
χιτῶνας citwnav
a tunic, garment, undergarment
Read verse Luke 3:11 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
χιτῶνας citwnav
a tunic, garment, undergarment
Read verse Luke 6:29 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
χιτῶνα citwna
a tunic, garment, undergarment
Read verse Luke 9:3 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
χιτῶνας citwnav
a tunic, garment, undergarment
Read verse John 19:23 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
χιτῶνα· citwna
a tunic, garment, undergarment
Read verse John 19:23 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
χιτὼν citwn
a tunic, garment, undergarment
Read verse Acts 9:39 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
χιτῶνας citwnav
a tunic, garment, undergarment
Read verse Jude 1:23 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
χιτῶνα. citwna
a tunic, garment, undergarment
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 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)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
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×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Basic garment worn next to skin, part of minimal missionary provisions
Inner garment distinguished from outer cloak in teaching about non-resistance
Jesus' seamless inner garment divided by soldiers at crucifixion
Garments made by Dorcas, practical clothing for widows and the poor
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 11 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
χιτών is of foreign origin - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
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