Strong’s G2440 · Greek
ἱμάτιον
himátion
Definition
a dress (inner or outer)
Etymology
neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi (to put on);
Where the KJV renders it
- apparel
- cloke
- clothes
- garment
- raiment
- robe
- vesture
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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