himatismos · clothing

What it means

himatismos (ἱματισμός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “clothing”.

Garment.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The whole of the clothing one wears.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• clothing ×4
• garments ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×2
• John×1
• Acts×1
• 1 Timothy×1

• Luke 7:25

  But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Look, those who live in splendid clothing and luxury are in royal palaces.

• Luke 9:29

  And it happened, while he was praying, that the appearance of his face became different, and his clothing became white, flashing like lightning.

• John 19:24

  So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but let us cast lots for it to see whose it will be,” so that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says, “They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things.

• Acts 20:33

  I coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothing.

• 1 Timothy 2:9

  Likewise also I want the women to adorn themselves in respectable clothing, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments,