What does χλαμύς (chlamýs) mean in the Bible?
χλαμύς (chlamýs): A short military cloak worn over the tunic, symbol of Roman soldier's authority and mockery in Passion accounts.
Greek · G5511
χλαμύς
A military cloak
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χλαμύς G5511
Pronunciation chlamýs
What does χλαμύς (chlamýs) mean in the Bible?
χλαμύς (chlamýs): A short military cloak worn over the tunic, symbol of Roman soldier's authority and mockery in Passion accounts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5511?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include robe (2).
Where does χλαμύς (chlamýs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:28. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 robe 2× Matthew 27:28, Matthew 27:31
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 27:28
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Matthew 2
Source forms
χλαμύδα 2x chlamyda Matthew 27:28, Matthew 27:31
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 27:28, Matthew 27:31
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A short military cloak worn over the tunic, symbol of Roman soldier's authority and mockery in Passion accounts.
Strong's G5511
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a military cloak
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A short military cloak worn over the tunic, symbol of Roman soldier's authority and mockery in Passion accounts.
a chlamys, or short cloak worn over the χιτών (which see): Mat.27:28, 31 (see Tr., Syn., § 1).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 27:28 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
χλαμύδα clamuda
a short cloak
Read verse Matthew 27:31 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
χλαμύδα, clamuda
a short cloak
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:28 · Matt 27:31 2×
Word Origins
χλαμύς is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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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