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Strong's G2440 ἱμάτιον (himation)

Himation means “apparel” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2440 — chish (“soon”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2440
Language Greek
Linked Usages 260
Books 42

Strong's G2440 Quick Answer

Strong's G2440 ἱμάτιον (himation) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. himation (him-at'-ee-on) n. 1. a dress (inner or outer) [neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi "to put on"] It has 260 linked Bible usages across 42 books. Visible English usage signals include garments, wash, put, unclean, and garment. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
himation (him-at'-ee-on) n. 1. a dress (inner or outer) [neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi "to put on"]
Usage
260 linked usages
Books
42 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
garments, wash, put, unclean, and garment

Meaning and Definition

himation (him-at'-ee-on) n. 1. a dress (inner or outer) [neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi "to put on"] KJV: apparel, cloke, clothes, garment, raiment, robe, vesture

Original Word
ἱμάτιον
Transliteration
himation
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2440. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

clothing

Usage: ἱμάτιον, -ου, τό (dim, of εἷμα, a garment), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּגֶד also for שִׂמְלָה, שַׂלְמָה, etc. ;] a garment, but in usage always (exc. in p1., see infr.) of an outer garment, a mantle, cloak (thrown over the χιτών; see Rutherford, NPhr., 22; DCG, i, 499a): Mat.9:16, 20-21 Mrk.2:21 5:27-28, 30 Jhn.19:2, Act.12:8, al.; opposite to χιτών, Mat.5:40, Luk.6:29, Act.9:39; pl., garments, clothes (i.e. the cloak and the tunic), Mat.17:2 26:65 27:31, 35, Mrk.5:30 15:20, 24, Jhn.19:23-24, Jas.5:2, al (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

garments wash put unclean garment water evening upon said skin bathe rent

How Strong's G2440 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 182 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2440 (ἱμάτιον) appears 212 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2440 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2440 in the New Testament

59 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G2440 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

182 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 9:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And Shem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.

Genesis 27:27 Septuagint / Brenton

And he drew nigh and kissed him, and smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, Behold, the smell of my son Is as the smell of an abundant field, which the Lord has blessed.

Genesis 28:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Strong's G2440 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

19 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2440.

Genesis 9:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Shem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.
Genesis 27:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he drew nigh and kissed him, and smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, Behold, the smell of my son Is as the smell of an abundant field, which the Lord has blessed.
Genesis 28:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Genesis 37:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Reuben returned to the pit, and sees not Joseph in the pit; and he rent his garments.
Genesis 37:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis 38:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having taken off the garments of her widowhood from her, she put on a veil, and ornamented her face, and sat by the gates of Enaim, which is in the way to Timnah, for she saw that Shelah was grown; but he gave her not to him for a wife.
Genesis 38:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she arose and departed, and took her veil from off her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
Genesis 39:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said, Lie with me; and having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and went forth.
Genesis 39:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his clothes in her hands, and fled, and gone forth,
Genesis 39:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled, and went forth out.
Genesis 39:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So she leaves the clothes by her, until the master came to his house.
Genesis 39:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled and departed forth.
Genesis 44:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they rent their garments, and laid each man his sack on his ass, and returned to the city.
Exodus 12:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people took their dough before their meal was leavened, bound up as it was in their garments, on their shoulders.
Exodus 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and solemnly charge the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments.
Exodus 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes.
Exodus 22:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
according to every injury alleged, both concerning a calf, and an ass, and a sheep, and a garment, and every alleged loss, whatsoever in fact it may be—the judgment of both shall proceed before God, and he that is convicted by God shall repay to his neighbor double.
Exodus 22:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou take thy neighbor’s garment for a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before sunset.
Exodus 22:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.
Leviticus 6:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every one that touches the flesh of it shall be holy, and on whosesoever garment any of its blood shall have been sprinkled, whosoever shall have it sprinkled, shall be washed in the holy place.
Leviticus 10:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to Aaron, and Eleazar and Ithamar his sons that were left, Ye shall not make bare your heads, and ye shall not tear your garments; that ye die not, and so there should be wrath on all the congregation: but your brethren, even all the house of Israel, shall lament for the burning, with which they were burned by the Lord.
Leviticus 11:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every one that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till the evening.
Leviticus 11:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till evening: these are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on whatsoever one of their dead bodies shall fall it shall be unclean; whatever wooden vessel, or garment, or skin, or sack it may be, every vessel in which work should be done, shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean till evening; and then it shall be clean.
Leviticus 11:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that eats of their carcasses shall wash his garments, and be unclean till evening; and he that carries any of their carcasses shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon him the second time on the seventh day; and, behold, if the spot be dark, and the spot have not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is a mere mark, and the man shall wash his garments and be clean.
Leviticus 13:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall see the scurf on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf is not spread in the skin after the man’s being shaved, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow beneath the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his garments, and be clean.
Leviticus 13:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the leper in whom the plague is, let his garments be ungirded, and his head uncovered; and let him have a covering put upon his mouth, and he shall be called unclean.
Leviticus 13:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a garment have in it the plague of leprosy, a garment of wool, or a garment of flax,
Leviticus 13:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the plague be greenish or reddish in the skin, or in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin, it is a plague of leprosy, and he shall show it to the priest.
Leviticus 13:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon the plague on the seventh day; and if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in the skin, in whatsoever things skins may be used in their workmanship, the plague is a confirmed leprosy; it is unclean.
Leviticus 13:52 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall burn the garment, either the warp or woof in woolen garments or in flaxen, or in any utensil of skin, in which there may be the plague; because it is a confirmed leprosy; it shall be burned with fire.
Leviticus 13:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the priest should see, and the plague be not spread in the garments, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin,
Leviticus 13:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon it after the plague has been washed; and if this, even the plague, has not changed its appearance, and the plague does not spread, it is unclean; it shall be burned with fire: it is fixed in the garment, in the warp, or in the woof.
Leviticus 13:56 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the priest should look, and the spot be dark after it has been washed, he shall tear it off from the garment, either from the warp or from the woof, or from the skin.
Leviticus 13:57 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if it should still appear in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of skin, it is a leprosy bursting forth: that wherein is the plague shall be burned with fire.
Leviticus 13:58 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or any article of skin, which shall be washed, and the plague depart from it, shall also be washed again, and shall be clean.
Leviticus 13:59 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the law of the plague of leprosy of a woolen or linen garment, either of the warp, or woof, or any leathern article, to pronounce it clean or unclean.
Leviticus 14:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man that has been cleansed shall wash his garments, and shall shave off all his hair, and shall wash himself in water, and shall be clean; and after that he shall go into the camp, and shall remain out of his house seven days.
Leviticus 14:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass on the seventh day, he shall shave off all his hair, his head and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair shall he shave; and he shall wash his garments, and wash his body with water, and shall be clean.
Leviticus 14:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that sleeps in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening; and he that eats in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 14:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and of the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
Leviticus 15:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man who shall touch his bed, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 15:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever sits on the seat on which he that has the issue may have sat, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that touches the skin of him that has the issue, shall wash his garments and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he that has the issue should spit upon one that is clean, that person shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And everyone that touches whatsoever shall have been under him shall be unclean until evening; and he that takes them up shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whomsoever he that has the issue shall touch, if he have not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he that has the issue should be cleansed of his issue, then shall he number to himself seven days for his purification; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be clean.
Leviticus 15:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every garment, and every skin on which there shall be the seed of copulation shall both be washed with water, and be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever shall touch her bed shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And everyone that touches any vessel on which she shall sit, shall wash his garments and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every one that touches it shall be unclean; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 16:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall put on the consecrated linen tunic, and he shall have on his flesh the linen drawers, and shall gird himself with a linen girdle, and shall put on the linen cap, they are holy garments; and he shall bathe all his body in water, and shall put them on.
Leviticus 16:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that sends forth the goat that has been set apart to be let go, shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterward shall enter into the camp.
Leviticus 16:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that burns them shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterward he shall enter into the camp.
Leviticus 17:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every soul which eats that which has died of itself, or is taken of beasts, either among the natives or among the strangers, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening: then shall he be clean.
Leviticus 17:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if he do not wash his garments, and do not bathe his body in water, then shall he bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 19:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall observe my law: thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with one of a different kind, and thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diverse seed; and thou shalt not put upon thyself a mingled garment woven of two materials.
Leviticus 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest that is chief among his brethren, the oil having been poured upon the head of the anointed one, and he having been consecrated to put on the garments, shall not take the miter off his head, and shall not rend his garments:
Numbers 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall put on it a cover, even a blue skin, and put on it above a garment all of blue, and shall put the staffs through the rings.
Numbers 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall put on the table set forth for showbread a cloth all of purple, and the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the vessels with which one offers drink offerings; and the continual loaves shall be upon it.
Numbers 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall put upon it a scarlet cloth, and they shall cover it with a blue covering of skin, and they shall put the staffs into it.
Numbers 4:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall take a blue covering, and cover the candlestick that gives light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its funnels, and all the vessels of oil with which they minister.
Numbers 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall put a blue cloth for a cover on the golden altar, and shall cover it with a blue skin cover, and put in its staffs.
Numbers 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall take all the instruments of service, with which they minister in the sanctuary: and shall place them in a cloth of blue, and shall cover them with blue skin covering, and put them upon staffs.
Numbers 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall put the covering on the altar, and they shall cover it with a cloth all of purple.
Numbers 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister upon it, and the fire pans, and the fleshhooks, and the cups, and the cover, and all the vessels of the altar; and they shall put on it a blue cover of skins, and shall put in its staffs; and they shall take a purple cloth, and cover the laver and its foot, and they shall put it into a blue cover of skin, and put it on bars.
Numbers 8:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thus shalt thou perform their purification: thou shalt sprinkle them with water of purification, and a razor shall come upon the whole of their body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be clean.
Numbers 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments; and Aaron presented them as a gift before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them.
Numbers 14:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of the number of them that spied out the land, rent their garments,
Numbers 15:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt tell them; and let them make for themselves fringes upon the borders of their garments throughout their generations: and ye shall put upon the fringes of the borders a lace of blue.
Numbers 19:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterward he shall go into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean till evening.
Numbers 19:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that burns her shall wash his garments, and bathe his body, and shall be unclean till evening.
Numbers 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that gathers up the ashes of the heifer shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute for the children of Israel and for the strangers joined to them.
Numbers 19:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the clean man shall sprinkle the water on the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day, and on the seventh day he shall purify himself; and the other shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
Numbers 19:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be to you a perpetual statute; and he that sprinkles the water of sprinkling shall wash his garments; and he that touches the water of sprinkling shall be unclean until evening.
Numbers 20:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took Aaron’s garments off him, and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron died on the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
Numbers 31:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the seventh day ye shall wash your garments, and be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
Deuteronomy 8:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy garments grew not old from off thee, thy shoes were not worn from off thee, thy feet were not painfully hardened, lo! these forty years.
Deuteronomy 10:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 21:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and shalt take away her garments of captivity from off her, and she shall abide in thy house, and shall bewail her father and mother the days of a month; and afterward thou shalt go in to her and dwell with her, and she shall be thy wife.
Deuteronomy 22:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus shalt thou do to his ass, and thus shalt thou do to his garment, and thus shalt thou do to everything that thy brother has lost; whatsoever shall have been lost by him, and thou shalt have found, thou shalt not have power to overlook.
Deuteronomy 22:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and now he has hated her, and attaches reproachful words to her, saying, I have not found tokens of virginity with thy daughter; and these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall unfold the garment before the elders of the city.
Deuteronomy 24:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt surely restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his garment, and he shall bless thee; and it shall be mercy to thee before the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 24:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the stranger and the fatherless, and widow; thou shalt not take the widow’s garment for a pledge.
Deuteronomy 29:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet the Lord God has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.
Joshua 7:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua tore his garments; and Joshua fell on the earth on his face before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they cast dust on their heads.
Joshua 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
Joshua 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
are the skins of wine which we filled when new, and they are rent; and our garments and our shoes are worn out because of the very long journey.
Judges 8:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, We will certainly give them: and he opened his garment, and each man cast therein an earring of his spoils.
Judges 8:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked, was a thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the chains, and the garments, and the purple cloths that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were on the necks of their camels.
Judges 11:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when he saw her, that he rent his garments, and said, Ah, ah, my daughter, thou hast indeed troubled me, and thou wast the cause of my trouble; and I have opened my mouth against thee to the Lord, and I shall not be able to return from it.
Judges 14:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson said to them, I propound you a riddle: if ye will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment.
Judges 14:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if ye cannot tell it me, ye shall give me thirty napkins and thirty changes of apparel: and they said to him, Propound thy riddle, and we will hear it.
Judges 14:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him powerfully, and he went down to Ashkelon, and destroyed of the inhabitants thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes of raiment to them that told the riddle; and Samson was very angry, and went up to the house of his father.
Judges 17:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a change of raiment, and thy living.
1 Kingdoms 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the battle, and he came to Shiloh on that day: and his clothes were rent, and earth was upon his head.
1 Kingdoms 19:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Michal took images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.
1 Kingdoms 19:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that day and all that night: therefore they said, Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Kingdoms 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest said, Behold the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou smotest in the Valley of Elah; and it is wrapped in a cloth: if thou wilt take it, take it for thyself, for there is no other except it here. And David said, Behold, there is none like it; give it me.
1 Kingdoms 28:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he goes, and two men with him, and they come to the woman by night; and he said to her, Divine to me, I pray thee, by the divining spirit within thee, and bring up to me him whom I shall name to thee.
2 Kingdoms 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came from the camp, from the people of Saul, and his garments were rent, and earth was upon his head: and it came to pass when he went in to David, that he fell upon the earth, and did obeisance to him.
2 Kingdoms 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David laid hold of his garments, and rent them; and all the men who were with him rent their garments.
2 Kingdoms 3:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Joab and to all the people with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament before Abner. And King David followed the bier.
2 Kingdoms 12:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then David rose up from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his raiment, and went into the house of God, and worshiped him; and went into his own house, and called for bread to eat, and they set bread before him and he ate.
2 Kingdoms 13:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay upon the ground: and all his servants that were standing round him rent their garments.
2 Kingdoms 14:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joab sent to Tekoa, and took thence a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, I pray thee, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint thee not with oil, and thou shalt be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days.
2 Kingdoms 14:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Absalom said to his servants, Behold, Joab’s portion in the field is next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Absalom set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes rent, and they said to him, The servants of Absalom have set the field on fire.
2 Kingdoms 19:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul’s son went down to meet the king, and had not dressed his feet, nor pared his nails, nor shaved himself, neither had he washed his garments, from the day that the king departed, until the day when he arrived in peace.
2 Kingdoms 20:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amasa was weltering in blood in the midst of the way. And a man saw that all the people stood still; and he removed Amasa out of the path into a field, and he cast a garment upon him, because he saw everyone that came to him standing still.
3 Kingdoms 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King David was old and advanced in days, and they covered him with clothes, and he was not warmed.
3 Kingdoms 11:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass at that time, that Jeroboam went forth from Jerusalem, and Ahijah the Shilonite the prophet found him in the way, and caused him to turn aside out of the way: and Ahijah was clad with a new garment, and they two were alone in the field.
3 Kingdoms 11:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahijah laid hold of his new garment that was upon him, and tore it into twelve pieces:
3 Kingdoms 20:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth the Jezreelite was dead, that he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth. And it came to pass afterward, that Ahab arose and went down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
4 Kingdoms 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elisha saw, and cried, Father, father, the chariot of Israel, and the horseman thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his garments, and rent them into two pieces.
4 Kingdoms 4:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a vine in the field, and gathered of it wild gourds, his garment full; and he cast it into the caldron of pottage, for they knew them not.
4 Kingdoms 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to recover a man of his leprosy? consider, however, I pray you, and see that this man seeks an occasion against me.
4 Kingdoms 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when Elisha heard that the king of Israel had rent his garments, that he sent to the king of Israel, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy garments? Let Naaman, I pray thee, come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.
4 Kingdoms 5:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whence comest thou, Gehazi? and Gehazi said, Thy servant has not been hither or thither. And Elisha said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man returned from his chariot to meet thee? and now thou hast received silver, and now thou hast received raiment, and olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2440, grouped by book.

Genesis 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 41 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 14 usages, New Testament
Mark 12 usages, New Testament
Luke 9 usages, New Testament
John 6 usages, New Testament
Acts 8 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 7 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2440 FAQ

What does himation (ἱμάτιον) mean?

Himation (Strong's G2440) is a Greek word most simply glossed "apparel". himation (him-at'-ee-on) n. 1. a dress (inner or outer) [neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi "to put on"]

How many times is himation (ἱμάτιον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 260 linked usages for Strong's G2440 across 42 books.

Where can I study himation (ἱμάτιον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2440 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate himation (ἱμάτιον)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as garments, wash, put, unclean, garment, and water. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2440 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 182 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 19 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2440, with linked reader references where each row is available.