ἱμάτιον himation

Greek word for “clothing” · Strong’s G2440 · used 60 times in 58 verses

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Meaning

ἱμάτιον, -ου, τό; (dim, of εἷμα, a garment);

How it is translated

Glosses given for himation in context, with how often each is used:

• garments 28
• garment 9
• cloak 7
• clothing 7
• cloaks 4
• robe 3
• clothes 1
• garments? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 19 (4), Matthew 9 (3), Mark 5 (3), Revelation 3 (3), Matthew 21 (2), Matthew 27 (2), Mark 11 (2), Mark 15 (2), Luke 8 (2), Luke 19 (2)

Forms

• ἱμάτια 28
• ἱμάτιον 15
• ἱματίου 8
• ἱματίων 3
• ἱματίοις 3
• ἱματίῳ 1
• ἱμάτιά 1
• ἱμάτιόν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with himation more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἅπτω haptō “to touch” 8
• λευκός leukos “white” 6
• περιβάλλω periballō “to clothe” 6
• αἴρω airō “to take up” 7
• κράσπεδον kraspedon “edge” 4
• χιτών chitōn “tunic” 4
• κλῆρος klēros “lot” 4
• διαμερίζω diamerizō “to divide” 4
• σταυρόω stauroō “to crucify” 5
• ἐπίβλημα epiblēma “patch” 3
• ἀγρός agros “field” 4
• ὅτε hote “when” 5

Key verses

The verses using himation that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 17:2 — And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
• Luke 23:34 — Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
• Acts 7:58 — And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
• Acts 9:39 — Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats…
• Acts 18:6 — And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I…
• 1 Peter 3:3 — Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
• Revelation 3:4 — Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
• Revelation 3:5 — He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my…
• Revelation 3:18 — I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy…
• Revelation 4:4 — And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their…
• Revelation 16:15 — Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
• Revelation 19:16 — And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.