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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