noun · masculine
himantos
Greekἱμάς (himas)
Strong’sG2438
a thong, strap
stem himant-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἱμάς, -άντος, ὁ,
[in LXX: Is 5:27 (שְׂרוֹךְ), Si 30:35 (33:26), IV Mac 9:11, al;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2438 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhee-mas'
a strap, i.e. (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge)
Fromperhaps from the same as G260;
King Jameslatchet, thong.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | himantos | himantois |
| object accusative | himanton3×ἱμάντα | himantoin |
| direct address vocative | himantor | himantoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | himantou | himantoiu |
| to, for dative | himanto | himantoi1×ἱμᾶσιν |
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
himanto 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
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
himanton“strap”objectaccusative singular3×
Mark 1:7“strap”kai kērussate legarōtos; Erchetō tos ischuroteros mu opisō mu, hou ouk amō hikanos kuptaratos luara ton himanton teiu hupodēmeiu autou;And he proclaimed: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
Luke 3:16“strap”apokrineta legarōtos pantoi tos Iōannos; Mis men hudōre baptizamō vin; erchetō de tos ischuroteros mu, hou ouk amō hikanos luara ton himanton teiu hupodēmeiu autou; autos vin baptizati en pneume hagie kai pure;John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
John 1:27“strap”tos opisō mu ercherōtos, hou ouk amō axios hina luameia autou ton himanton teu hupodēmeu.He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
himantoi“thongs”to, fordative plural1×
Acts 22:25“thongs”hōs de proteinala auton toi himantoi legata pros ton histanarēton hekatontarchēon tos Paulos; Ei anthrōpon Rōmaion kai akatakriton exestinatō vi mastizarō?But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”