noun · neuter
himatiem
Strong’sG2440
outer garment
stem himati-60 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books6 of 6 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
The word refers to an outer garment or cloak, worn over the tunic (the χιτών) 134. It is described as a mantle or cloak thrown over the inner garment, and in several places it is set in contrast to that inner garment 13. Strong's more broadly defines the singular word as a dress, whether inner or outer, rendered variously as apparel, cloak, garment, raiment, robe, or vesture 2.
In the plural, the word means garments or clothes in general, referring to the cloak and tunic together 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἱμάτιον, -ου, τό
(dim. of εἷμα, a garment), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּגֶד, also for שִׂמְלָה, שַׂלְמָה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2440 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhim-at'-ee-on
a dress (inner or outer)
Fromneuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi (to put on);
King Jamesapparel, cloke, clothes, garment, raiment, robe, vesture.
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
in form a diminutive of ἷμα (i.e. εἷμα), a piece of dress; in usage always of an outer garment, formed by an oblong piece of cloth worn above the χιτών, Refs 5th c.BC+; θοἰμάτιον by crasis for τὸ ἱμ-, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the Roman toga, Refs 1st c.AD+, of civilians,= togati, Refs; but ἱ. Ἑλληνικόν, opposed to the toga, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 ἱμάτια, τά, generally, clothes, Refs 6th c.BC+; of grave-clothes, ἐν εἱμ. τρισὶ [θάπτειν] Refs 5th c.BC+
3 metaphorically, ἱμάτια πόλεως τείχη Refs
II generally, cloth, Refs 5th c.BC+ in Attic dialect Inscrr., Refs 1st 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.
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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 or object direct | himatiem1×ἱμάτιον | himatieim3×ἱμάτια |
| of, belonging to genitive | himatieu8×ἱματίου | himatieiu3×ἱματίων |
| to, for dative | himatie1×ἱματίῳ | himatiei3×ἱματίοις |
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
himatie 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.
60 occurrences, every one of them listed
himatiem“garment”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Hebrews 1:11… sis de diamenasō; kai pantois hōs himatiem palaiili,… will all wear out like a garment.
himatieu“cloak”of, belonging togenitive singular8×
Matthew 9:16… gar tem plērōmem auteu apo teu himatieu, kai cheirōnem schismem genotō.… patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
Matthew 9:20… prosercharantas opisthen hapteta teu kraspedeu teu himatieu autou;… and touched the fringe of His cloak.
Matthew 9:21“garment”… en heauta; Ean monem haptemeia teu himatieu autou sōzimi.She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I …
Matthew 14:36… hina monem hapteleia teu kraspedeu teu himatieu autou; kai hosois haptela diasōzila.… them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were …
Mark 5:27… en to ochlo opisthen hapteta teu himatieu autou;… crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
Mark 6:56… auton hina kan teu kraspedeu teu himatieu autou hapteleia; kai hosois an haptela …… them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were …
Luke 5:36… pros autoin hoti Oudenos epiblēmem apo himatieu kaineu schizarantos epibalatō epi himatiem palaiem; …… does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from …
Luke 8:44prosercharantas opisthen hapteta teu kraspedeu teu himatieu autou, kai parachrēma stēata tas rusias …… and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
himatie“garment”to, fordative singular1×
Matthew 9:16… de epibalatō epiblēmem rakeu agnafeu epi himatie palaie; airatō gar tem plērōmem auteu …… of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away …
himatieim“clothes”subject or objectdirect plural3×
Matthew 17:2… autou hōs tos hēlios, teim de himatieim autou geneta leukeim hōs tem fōtem.… shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
Mark 9:3kai teim himatieim autou geneta stilbarōnteim leukeim liōs hoieim …His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any …
James 5:2“garments”tos ploutos vu sēpatē, kai teim himatieim vu sētobrōteim genatē,Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
himatieiu“clothes”of, belonging togenitive plural3×
Mark 5:28“clothes”… gar hoti Ean haptemeia kan teiu himatieiu autou sōzimi.For she kept saying, “If only I touch His garments, I …
Mark 5:30“clothes”… ochlo legate; Tinos mu hapteta teiu himatieiu?… to the crowd, He asked, “Who touched My garments?”
1 Peter 3:3“clothing”… trichaiu kai perithesiau chrusieiu ē endusiau himatieiu kosmos,… from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or …
himatiei“robes”to, fordative plural3×
Luke 7:25“clothing”… tinem exerchava horara? anthrōpon en malakei himatiei amfiennuorēnton? idou tois en himatismo endoxo …Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are …
Revelation 3:5“garments”tos nikarōntos houtōs peribaleti en himatiei leukei, kai ouk mē exaleifami tem …Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will …
Revelation 4:4“robes”… eikosi tessares presbuteroin kathorōntoin peribalorēntoin en himatiei leukei, kai epi tain kefalain autoiu …… sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
himatieim26×
Matthew 21:7… pōlon, kai epitithala epi autoiu teim himatieim, kai epikathizata epanō autoiu.… and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on …
Matthew 21:8… de pollotatos ochlos strōnnuala heautoiu teim himatieim en ta hoda, allosois de koptale …A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut …
Matthew 26:65“robes”tote tos archierevos diarrēgata teim himatieim autou legarōntos; Blasfēmata; tinem ēti chreian …At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
Matthew 27:31… tan chlamudan kai enduala auton teim himatieim autou kai apagala auton eis tem …… the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led …
Matthew 27:35“clothes”staurarantois de auton diamerizela teim himatieim autou balarōntois klēron,… they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.
Mark 11:7… ton Iēsun, kai epibalalō auto teim himatieim autoiu, kai kathizata epi auton.… colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and He sat on …
Mark 11:8kai pollois teim himatieim autoiu strōnnuala eis tan hodan, allosois …Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread …
Mark 15:20… tan porfuran kai enduala auton teim himatieim teim idieim. kai exagalō auton hina …… purple robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led …
Mark 15:24“clothes”kai stauralō auton kai diamerizolō teim himatieim autou, balarōntois klēron epi auteim tinos …And they crucified Him. They also divided His garments by casting lots to decide what each of them would take.
Luke 19:35… ton Iēsun, kai epiriptarantois autoiu teim himatieim epi ton pōlon epibibazala ton Iēsun;… the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on …
Luke 19:36poreuorōntou de autou hupostrōnnuale teim himatieim heautoiu en ta hoda.… rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road.
Luke 23:34… oidalē tinem poialō. diamerizorōntois de teim himatieim autou balala klēroin.… doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.
John 13:4“outer clothing”… ek teu deipneu kai tithatō teim himatieim kai labarantos lentiem diazōnata heauton;… got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.
John 13:12“outer clothing”… toin podoin autoiu kai labata teim himatieim autou kai anapiptata, palin legata autoi; …… had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do …
John 19:23“clothes”… hote staurala ton Iēsun labala teim himatieim autou kai poiala tessares mereim, hekasto …When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining …
John 19:24… grafas plēriteia tas legarōntas; Diamerizela teim himatieim mu heautoi kai epi ton himatismon …… fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for …
Acts 7:58“clothes”… lithobolale. kai tois marturois apotithela teim himatieim autoiu para toin podoin neaniou kalorōntou …… the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 9:39“garments”… chērais klaiarōntais kai epideikorōntais chitōnoin kai himatieim hoseim poiate meta autaiu arōntas tas …… got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
Acts 14:14… apostolois Barnabos kai Paulos, diarrēgarantois teim himatieim autoiu ekpēdala eis ton ochlon krazarōntois… out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
Acts 16:22“clothing”… kai tois stratēgois perirēgarantois autoiu teim himatieim keleuale rabdizarō,… and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
Acts 18:6“clothes”… de autoiu kai blasfēmarōntoiu ektinasserantos teim himatieim legata pros autoin; Tem haimem vu …But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads …
Acts 22:20“clothes”… epistēarēntos kai suneudokarōntos kai fulassarōntos teim himatieim toiu anairarōntoiu auton.… my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
Acts 22:23kraugazarōntoiu tē autoiu kai riptarōntoiu teim himatieim kai koniorton balarōntoiu eis ton aeron,… were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,
Revelation 3:4… en Sardiai heim ouk molunala teim himatieim autoiu, kai peripatali meta mu en …… Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they …
Revelation 3:18… purorēntem ek pureu hina ploutaseia, kai himatieim leukeim hina peribaleseia kai mē faneriteia …… that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed …
Revelation 16:15“clothes”… makarios tos grēgorarōntos kai tērarōntos teim himatieim autou, hina mē gumnos peripatateiō kai …… a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his …
himatiem15×
Matthew 5:40… su labara, afiēkasar auto kai tem himatiem;… your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
Matthew 24:18… agro mē epistrefatar opisō airara tem himatiem autou.… in the field return for his cloak.
Mark 2:21Oudenos epiblēmem rakeu agnafeu epiraptatō epi himatiem palaiem; ei de mē, airatō tem …… of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece …
Mark 10:50tos de apobalarantos tem himatiem autou anapēdarantos erchata pros ton Iēsun.Throwing off his cloak, Bartimaeus jumped up and came to …
Mark 13:16… epistrefatar eis teim opisō airara tem himatiem autou.… in the field return for his cloak.
Luke 5:36… apo himatieu kaineu schizarantos epibalatō epi himatiem palaiem; ei de mēge, kai tem …… piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old …
Luke 6:29… kai apo tou airarōntou su tem himatiem kai ton chitōnon mē kōluaseia.… also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as …
Luke 8:27“clothes”… daimoneim; kai chrono hikano ouk endueta himatiem, kai en oikia ouk menate alla …… For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed …
Luke 22:36… kai tos mē echarōntos pōlatar tem himatiem autou kai agorazatar machairan.… without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.
John 19:2… akanthaiu epitithala autou ta kefala, kai himatiem porfurouem peribalala auton,… and dressed Him in a purple robe.
John 19:5… ton akanthinon stefanon kai tem porfurouem himatiem. kai legatō autoi; Idou tos anthrōpos.… crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is …
Acts 12:8… houtōs. kai legatō auto; Peribalesar tem himatiem su kai akolouthasōr mi.… the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
Hebrews 1:12kai hōsei peribolaiem helissasi autoin, hōs himatiem kai allaxili; sis de tos autos …… up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You …
Revelation 19:13kai peribalorēntos himatiem baptorēntem haime, kai kalotē tem onomem …He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name …
Revelation 19:16kai echatō epi tem himatiem kai epi ton mēron autou onomem …… has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF …