Strong’s G5509 · Greek

χιτών
chitṓn

Definition

a tunic or shirt

Etymology

of foreign origin (H03801);

Where the KJV renders it

  • clothes
  • coat
  • garment

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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