noun · masculine
himantos
Strong’sG2438
a thong, strap
stem himant-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 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.
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
genitive ἱμάντος (not ἱμᾶς, ἱμᾶντος Hdn.Gr. 2.939): Epic dialect dative plural ἱμάντεσσι:— leathern strap or thong, Refs 8th c.BC+
a traces, Refs
b reins, Refs, etc.; τμητοῖς ἱμᾶσι Refs 5th c.BC+
c straps on which the body of the chariot was hung, Refs 8th c.BC+
d lash of a whip, formed by several thongs, Refs
e boxing-glove, consisting of several straps put round the hand,Refs 5th c.BC+
2 in singular, the magic girdle of Aphrodite, Refs 8th c.BC+
2.b chin-strap of the helmet, Refs
2.c thong, by which the bolt was shot home into the socket, Refs 8th c.BC+
2.d after Refs 8th c.BC+, thong or latchet of a sandal, NT+5th c.BC+
2.e rail-rope, Refs 5th c.BC+
2.f well-rope, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2.g dog-leash, Refs 5th c.BC+ you were tough as a dog-leash, Refs 5th c.BC+
2.h whip, scourge, ἔξω τις δότω ἱμάντα NT+4th c.BC+
i cord, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II diseased condition of the uvula, Refs
III ἱμάντες, in Architecture texts, planks laid on rafters, Refs; on στρωτῆρες (which see), Refssināti 'bind', Latin saeta.) [?~X ¯, usually; but also ῑ in Epic dialect, Refs 8th 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 | 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
himanton“strap”objectaccusative singular3×
Mark 1:7“strap”… ouk amō hikanos kuptarantos luara ton himanton teiu hupodēmeiu autou;… than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
Luke 3:16“strap”… hou ouk amō hikanos luara ton himanton teiu hupodēmeiu autou; autos vin baptizati …… of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit …
John 1:27“strap”… amō axios hina luameia autou ton himanton teu hupodēmeu.… 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 stēarēnton hekatontarchēon tos …But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there …