Strong G2438ἱμάς
leather strap
- Transliteration
- himas
- Pronunciation
- hee-mas'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Perhaps from the same as G260; a strap that is (specifically) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge): - latchet thong.
Detailed definition
ἱμάς, -άντος, ὁ
[in LXX: Isa.5:27 (שְׂרוֹךְ), Sir.33:26, 4Ma.9:11, al;]
a thong, strap: for binding prisoners (Ma, Sir, ll. with), Act.22:25; for fastening sandals, Mk, Luk.3:16, Jhn.1:27.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Isa.5:27 (שְׂרוֹךְ), Sir.33:26, 4Ma.9:11, al;]
a thong, strap: for binding prisoners (Ma, Sir, ll. with), Act.22:25; for fastening sandals, Mk, Luk.3:16, Jhn.1:27.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2438 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- latchet3
- thong1
First verses
- Mark 1:7And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
- Luke 3:16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
- John 1:27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
- Acts 22:25And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἱμάς, ὁ,
genitive ἱμάντος (not ἱμᾶς, ἱμᾶντος Hdn.Gr. 2.939): Epic dialect dative plural ἱμάντεσσι:— leathern strap or thong, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.262, etc.; ἱμάντα βοός 3.375; βοέους ἱμάντας 22.397: mostly in _plural_, in various senses:)]
a traces, [Refs (10.475, 499, +others)]
b reins, [Refs (23.324)], etc.; τμητοῖς ἱμᾶσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 747, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1222.)]
c straps on which the body of the chariot was hung, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.727.)]
d lash of a whip, formed by several thongs, [Refs (23.363.)]
e boxing-glove, consisting of several straps put round the hand,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 684, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.35, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 342c; ἱ. πυκτικοί 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 22 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
2 in singular, the magic girdle of Aphrodite, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.214, 219.)]
2.b chin-strap of the helmet, [Refs (3.371.)]
2.c thong, by which the bolt was shot home into the socket, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.442, compare 4.802, 21.46.)]
2.d after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], thong or latchet of a sandal, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.14, 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 14.9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 109.2, NT.Mark.1.7.)]
2.e rail-rope, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Aristagoras Comicus 5.)]
2.f well-rope, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.31, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus)]
2.g dog-leash, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 7.6: proverbial, ἦσθ᾽ ἱμὰς κύνειος)] you were tough as a dog-leash, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 231; also σὺν τῷ κυνὶ καὶ τὸν ἱμάντα 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]
2.h whip, scourge, ἔξω τις δότω ἱμάντα [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 74.8, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 106; ἡ διὰ τῶν ἱ. αἰκεία “POxy.” 1186.2 (4th c.AD),cf. NT.Act.22.25; ἱμάντες παιδαγωγῶν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 911.2.)]
i cord, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.1001, compare 1.616.)]
II diseased condition of the uvula, [Refs ([prev. author] 17(1).379.)]
III ἱμάντες, in Architecture texts, planks laid on rafters, [Refs (“IG” 12.372.82, 373.236, +others, 22.1668.55, 1672.305)]; on στρωτῆρες (which see), [Refs ([prev. work]463.66. (Cf.Sanskrit)]sināti 'bind', Latin saeta.) [?~X ¯, usually; but also ῑ in Epic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.544, etc.: in derivations and compounds always ῐ.])]
genitive ἱμάντος (not ἱμᾶς, ἱμᾶντος Hdn.Gr. 2.939): Epic dialect dative plural ἱμάντεσσι:— leathern strap or thong, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.262, etc.; ἱμάντα βοός 3.375; βοέους ἱμάντας 22.397: mostly in _plural_, in various senses:)]
a traces, [Refs (10.475, 499, +others)]
b reins, [Refs (23.324)], etc.; τμητοῖς ἱμᾶσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 747, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1222.)]
c straps on which the body of the chariot was hung, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.727.)]
d lash of a whip, formed by several thongs, [Refs (23.363.)]
e boxing-glove, consisting of several straps put round the hand,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 684, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.35, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 342c; ἱ. πυκτικοί 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 22 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
2 in singular, the magic girdle of Aphrodite, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.214, 219.)]
2.b chin-strap of the helmet, [Refs (3.371.)]
2.c thong, by which the bolt was shot home into the socket, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.442, compare 4.802, 21.46.)]
2.d after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], thong or latchet of a sandal, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.14, 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 14.9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 109.2, NT.Mark.1.7.)]
2.e rail-rope, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Aristagoras Comicus 5.)]
2.f well-rope, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.31, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus)]
2.g dog-leash, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 7.6: proverbial, ἦσθ᾽ ἱμὰς κύνειος)] you were tough as a dog-leash, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 231; also σὺν τῷ κυνὶ καὶ τὸν ἱμάντα 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]
2.h whip, scourge, ἔξω τις δότω ἱμάντα [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 74.8, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 106; ἡ διὰ τῶν ἱ. αἰκεία “POxy.” 1186.2 (4th c.AD),cf. NT.Act.22.25; ἱμάντες παιδαγωγῶν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 911.2.)]
i cord, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.1001, compare 1.616.)]
II diseased condition of the uvula, [Refs ([prev. author] 17(1).379.)]
III ἱμάντες, in Architecture texts, planks laid on rafters, [Refs (“IG” 12.372.82, 373.236, +others, 22.1668.55, 1672.305)]; on στρωτῆρες (which see), [Refs ([prev. work]463.66. (Cf.Sanskrit)]sināti 'bind', Latin saeta.) [?~X ¯, usually; but also ῑ in Epic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.544, etc.: in derivations and compounds always ῐ.])]