χιτών chitōn · G5509
tunic
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
χῐτών, ; in Ionic dialectProse κῐθών, ῶνος, ὁ (also probably in [], 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, []: sometimes with a girdle, []; μαλακός, ἐΰννητος, []; I.2 later worn also by women, ἅμα κιθῶνι ἐκδυομένῳ συνεκδύεται καὶ τὴν αἰδῶ γυνή []; 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 …
Where it's used 11 times
Matthew 5:40 · Matthew 10:10 · Mark 6:9 · Mark 14:63 · Luke 3:11 · Luke 6:29 · Luke 9:3 · John 19:23 · Acts 9:39 · Jude 1:23 … and 1 more
Source: TBESG G5509; TFLSJ G5509
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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