noun · feminine
esthas
Strong’sG2066
clothing, raiment
stem esth-8 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ἐσθής, -ῆτος, ἡ
(< ἕννυμι, to clothe; hence, ἐσθής, Lk, ll c., Elz.) [in LXX: I Es 8:71, 73, II Mac 8:35 11:8 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2066 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saides-thace'
dress
Fromfrom ἕννυμι (to clothe);
King Jamesapparel, clothing, raiment, robe.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Doric dialect ἐσθάς, ᾶτος, Refs 5th c.BC+, ἡ, accusative ἐσθήν Refs 3rd c.BC+: (ἕννυμι):—clothing, raiment, χαλκόν τε χρυσόν τε ἅλις ἐσθῆτά τε δόντες Refs 8th c.BC+; χρηστηρία ἐ. the dress of prophetesses, Refs 4th c.BC+; μετρίᾳ ἐσθῆτι χρήσασθαι to dress simply, Refs 5th c.BC+ = Latin toga pura, Refs 2nd c.BC+; τὴν ἐσθῆτα μεταβαλεῖν, = Latin mutare vestem, put on mourning, Refs 1st c.AD+: in plural, of the clothes of several persons, Refs 4th c.BC+; of one, Refs 5th c.BC+
II collectively, clothes, ἐσθῆτα ἔσφερον εἴσω, i.e. the clothes just washed, Refs 8th c.BC+: rarely in later Gr., Refs 1st c.AD+
III metaphorically, ἐ. τῆς πόλεως, of walls, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | esthas | esthais |
| object accusative | esthan3×ἐσθῆτα | esthain |
| direct address vocative | esthar | esthair |
| of, belonging to genitive | esthau | esthaiu |
| to, for dative | estha4×ἐσθῆτι | esthai1×ἐσθήσεσι |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
estha is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
esthan“robe”objectaccusative singular3×
Luke 23:11… tei strateumei autou kai empaizarantos peribalarantos esthan lampran anapempata auton to Pilato.… Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
Acts 12:21takta de hēmera tos Hērōdos enduerantos esthan basilikan kai kathizarantos epi teu bēmeu …… appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed …
James 2:3epiblepaveia de epi ton forarōnton tan esthan tan lampran kai legaveia; Sis kathosōr …… attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat …
estha“clothes”to, fordative singular4×
Luke 24:4“clothes”… idou androis duo epistēala autai en estha astraptarōnta.… this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside them.
Acts 10:30… idou andros stēata enōpion mu en estha lampra… hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
James 2:2… eis sunagōgan vu andros chrusodaktulios en estha lampra, eiserchateia de kai ptōchos en …… wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby …
James 2:2… eiserchateia de kai ptōchos en rupara estha,… and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
esthai“clothing”to, fordative plural1×
Acts 1:10“clothing”… idou androis duo parastēalelē autoi en esthai leukai,… when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.