Strong G5509χιτών
tunic
- Transliteration
- chitōn
- Pronunciation
- khee-tone'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of foreign origin [H3801]; a tunic or shirt: - clothes coat garment.
Detailed definition
χιτών, ῶνος, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for כְּתֹנֶת:]
the garment worn next the skin (though two tunics were sometimes worn, see Swete, Mk., 117), a tunic: Mat.10:10, Mrk.6:9 14:63, Luk.3:11 9:3, Ju 23; dieting. from ἱμάτιον (which see), Mat.5:40, Luk.6:29, Jhn.19:23, Act.9:39 (see DCG, i, 338, 340, 499)
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for כְּתֹנֶת:]
the garment worn next the skin (though two tunics were sometimes worn, see Swete, Mk., 117), a tunic: Mat.10:10, Mrk.6:9 14:63, Luk.3:11 9:3, Ju 23; dieting. from ἱμάτιον (which see), Mat.5:40, Luk.6:29, Jhn.19:23, Act.9:39 (see DCG, i, 338, 340, 499)
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5509 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- coat8
- clothes1
- garment1
First verses
- Matthew 5:40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
- Matthew 10:10Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
- Mark 6:9But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
- Mark 14:63Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
- Luke 3:11He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
- Luke 6:29And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
- Luke 9:3And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
- John 19:23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
- Acts 9:39Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
- Jude 1:23And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
χῐτών,
in Ionic dialectProse κῐθών, ῶνος, ὁ (also probably in [Refs (“Sammelb.” 4291))], Doric dialect κῐτών (which see):— garment worn next the skin, tunic.
I in early times, only of a man's tunic (the woman's being πέπλος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia BT 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.42), χιτῶνα περὶ χροΐ δῦνεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.60; κιθῶνας ὑποδύνειν τοῖσι εἵμασι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155)]: sometimes with a girdle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.72; τερμιόεις 19.242, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 537)]; μαλακός, ἐΰννητος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.437, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.580; [χ.] λαμπρός.. ἠέλιος ὥς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.234; χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε 14.132, 154; οἱ δ᾽ ἀροτῆρες ἤρεικον χθόνα δῖαν ἐπιστολάδην δὲ χιτῶνας ἐστάλατ᾽ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 287.)]
I.2 later worn also by women, ἅμα κιθῶνι ἐκδυομένῳ συνεκδύεται καὶ τὴν αἰδῶ γυνή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8; σύροισα χιτῶνα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.73)]; the Ionian sleeved χ. was distinguished fr the Dorian, fastened with περόναι, μετέβαλον [αἱ τῶν Ἀθηναίων γυναῖκες] ἐς τὸν λίνεον κ. ἵνα δὴ περόνῃσι μὴ χρέωνται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.87; οἱ πρεσβύτεροι [τῶν Ἀθηναίων] οὐ πολὺς χρόνος ἐπειδὴ χιτῶνας λινοῦς ἐπαύσαντο φοροῦντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 954.50)]; χ. ποδήρης, ὀρθοστάδιος, στατός (see entry); κιθὼν ποδηνεκής, worn by Babylonians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.195)]; κιθῶνες λίνεοι περὶ τὰ σκέλεα θυσανωτοί, worn by Egyptians, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.81)]; κιθῶνες εἰρίνεοι, worn by Cilicians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.91; uncertain in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 288 (_plural_).)]
II coat of mail, probably of leather covered with scales or rings, στρεπτὸς χ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.113; χ. χάλκεος 13.439)]; κιθῶνες χειριδωτοὶ λεπίδος σιδηρέης coats of iron scales with sleeves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.61 (assuming variant): but distinguished from θώρηξ [prev. author] 9.22, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.4.1.)]
III part of a shoe that coats the foot, upper, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 8.2.5 (_plural_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1392a31.)]
IV metaphorically, any coat, case, or covering, λάϊνος χιτών (see. λάϊνος) τειχέων κιθῶνες, i. e. walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139)]; in Anatomy, coat, membrane, τὸν ἀμφὶ τὴν ὄψιν χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19, compare “Aph.” 7.45, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 2.993.1; ὁ.. χ. τῆς καρδίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Respiratione” 480a4)]; χ. ὑμενώδης, ἀραχνιώδης, [Refs ([prev. author] “PA” 679a1, “HA” 557b16; τοῦ ᾠοῦ οἱ χ. οἱ περιέχοντες [prev. work] 561a14)]; of foetal membranes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.7, 58, +others)]; τριγλοφόροι χιτῶνες, of fishing-nets, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.11 (1st c.BC(?): Satyrus Epigrammaticus))]; χιτῶνες ἀραχνίων spiders' webs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 3)]: plural, pods or coats of seeds, bulbous roots, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.12.3, 8.4.1, “CP” 1.4.1, +others)]
IV.2 vesture, [φύσις] σαρκῶν ἀλλογνῶτι περιστέλλουσα (i.e. ψυχάς) χιτῶνι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 126; σῶμα χ. ψυχῆς “IG” 14.2241: _plural_, προσθέσει χιτώνων ἐνυλοτέρων,)] of the soul, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 209)]. (Accad. kitinnu 'linen garment', Hebrew kètōnet 'tunic'; χεθὼν γὰρ τὸ λίνον ἡμεῖς καλοῦμεν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.7.2.))]
in Ionic dialectProse κῐθών, ῶνος, ὁ (also probably in [Refs (“Sammelb.” 4291))], Doric dialect κῐτών (which see):— garment worn next the skin, tunic.
I in early times, only of a man's tunic (the woman's being πέπλος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia BT 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.42), χιτῶνα περὶ χροΐ δῦνεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.60; κιθῶνας ὑποδύνειν τοῖσι εἵμασι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155)]: sometimes with a girdle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.72; τερμιόεις 19.242, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 537)]; μαλακός, ἐΰννητος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.437, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.580; [χ.] λαμπρός.. ἠέλιος ὥς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.234; χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε 14.132, 154; οἱ δ᾽ ἀροτῆρες ἤρεικον χθόνα δῖαν ἐπιστολάδην δὲ χιτῶνας ἐστάλατ᾽ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 287.)]
I.2 later worn also by women, ἅμα κιθῶνι ἐκδυομένῳ συνεκδύεται καὶ τὴν αἰδῶ γυνή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8; σύροισα χιτῶνα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.73)]; the Ionian sleeved χ. was distinguished fr the Dorian, fastened with περόναι, μετέβαλον [αἱ τῶν Ἀθηναίων γυναῖκες] ἐς τὸν λίνεον κ. ἵνα δὴ περόνῃσι μὴ χρέωνται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.87; οἱ πρεσβύτεροι [τῶν Ἀθηναίων] οὐ πολὺς χρόνος ἐπειδὴ χιτῶνας λινοῦς ἐπαύσαντο φοροῦντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 954.50)]; χ. ποδήρης, ὀρθοστάδιος, στατός (see entry); κιθὼν ποδηνεκής, worn by Babylonians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.195)]; κιθῶνες λίνεοι περὶ τὰ σκέλεα θυσανωτοί, worn by Egyptians, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.81)]; κιθῶνες εἰρίνεοι, worn by Cilicians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.91; uncertain in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 288 (_plural_).)]
II coat of mail, probably of leather covered with scales or rings, στρεπτὸς χ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.113; χ. χάλκεος 13.439)]; κιθῶνες χειριδωτοὶ λεπίδος σιδηρέης coats of iron scales with sleeves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.61 (assuming variant): but distinguished from θώρηξ [prev. author] 9.22, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.4.1.)]
III part of a shoe that coats the foot, upper, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 8.2.5 (_plural_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1392a31.)]
IV metaphorically, any coat, case, or covering, λάϊνος χιτών (see. λάϊνος) τειχέων κιθῶνες, i. e. walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139)]; in Anatomy, coat, membrane, τὸν ἀμφὶ τὴν ὄψιν χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19, compare “Aph.” 7.45, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 2.993.1; ὁ.. χ. τῆς καρδίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Respiratione” 480a4)]; χ. ὑμενώδης, ἀραχνιώδης, [Refs ([prev. author] “PA” 679a1, “HA” 557b16; τοῦ ᾠοῦ οἱ χ. οἱ περιέχοντες [prev. work] 561a14)]; of foetal membranes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.7, 58, +others)]; τριγλοφόροι χιτῶνες, of fishing-nets, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.11 (1st c.BC(?): Satyrus Epigrammaticus))]; χιτῶνες ἀραχνίων spiders' webs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 3)]: plural, pods or coats of seeds, bulbous roots, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.12.3, 8.4.1, “CP” 1.4.1, +others)]
IV.2 vesture, [φύσις] σαρκῶν ἀλλογνῶτι περιστέλλουσα (i.e. ψυχάς) χιτῶνι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 126; σῶμα χ. ψυχῆς “IG” 14.2241: _plural_, προσθέσει χιτώνων ἐνυλοτέρων,)] of the soul, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 209)]. (Accad. kitinnu 'linen garment', Hebrew kètōnet 'tunic'; χεθὼν γὰρ τὸ λίνον ἡμεῖς καλοῦμεν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.7.2.))]