ἱμάς
himas · strap
Greek word · Strong’s number G2438 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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himas (ἱμάς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “strap”.
Thong (of a sandal).
How to say it
hi·mas
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
- A leather strip that tied the sandal to the foot.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- strap ×3
- straps ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Mark 1:7
And he was proclaiming, saying, “After me comes the one stronger than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
- Luke 3:16
John answered, saying to all, “I immerse you in water; but the one stronger than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire.
- John 1:27
the one who comes after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.”
- Acts 22:25
But when they had stretched him out with the straps, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to whip a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?”