Lexicon chitón: a tunic Original Word: χιτών, ῶνος, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: chitón Phonetic Spelling: (khee-tone') Short Definition: a tunic, garment, undergarment Definition: a tunic, garment, undergarment. HELPS word-Studies 5509 xitṓn – a tunic (under-garment) worn next to the skin. 5509 /xitṓn ("an undershirt, tunic") was worn under a 2440 /himátion ("cloak, robe"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Semitic origin, cf. kethonethDefinitiona tunic NASB Translationclothes (1), coats (1), garment (1), shirt (2), tunic (2), tunics (4).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5509: χιτώνχιτών, χιτῶνος, ὁ, from Homer down, the Sept. for כֻּתֹּנֶת and כְּתֹנֶת, a tunic, an undergarment, usually worn next the skin: Matthew 10:10; Mark 6:9; Luke 3:11; Luke 9:3; Jude 1:23; it is distinguished from τό ἱμάτιον (which see 2) or τά ἱμάτια in Matthew 5:40; Luke 6:29; John 19:23; Acts 9:39; universally, a garment, vestment ( Aeschylus suppl. 903), plural ( Plutarch, Tib. Gracch. 19), Mark 14:63. (Cf. Rich, Dict. of Antiq. under the word Tunica; and references under the word ἱμάτιον, as above.)
Strong's tunic, coat Of foreign origin (kthoneth); a tunic or shirt -- clothes, coat, garment. see HEBREW kthoneth |
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