Lexical Definition
χιτών chitṓn (khee-tone') tunic G:N-M
of foreign origin (כְּתֹנֶת)
clothes, coat, garment.
- a tunic or shirt
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| χιτῶνασ | garments | Mark.14.63 |
| tunics | Matt.10.10 • Mark.6.9 • Luke.3.11 • Luke.9.3 • Acts.9.39 | |
| χιτῶνα | clothing | Jude.1.23 |
| tunic | Luke.6.29 • John.19.23 | |
| χιτῶνά | tunic | Matt.5.40 |
| χιτὼν | tunic | John.19.23 |
| χιτώσιν | their garments | LXX.Lev.10.5 |
| χιτώνόσ | of my garment | LXX.Job.30.18 |
| χιτώνων | inner garments | LXX.Exod.28.39 |
| χιτώνοσ | inner garment | LXX.Isa.3.24 |
| χιτώνασ | garments | LXX.Gen.3.21 • LXX.Exod.39.27 • LXX.Ezra.2.69 |
| inner garments | LXX.Exod.28.40 • LXX.Exod.29.8 • LXX.Exod.35.19 • LXX.Exod.40.14 • LXX.Lev.8.13 • LXX.Isa.3.16 • LXX.Isa.36.22 | |
| χιτώνα | an inner garment | LXX.Lev.16.4 • LXX.Isa.61.10 |
| garment | LXX.Gen.37.3 • LXX.Gen.37.23 • LXX.Gen.37.31 • LXX.Gen.37.31 • LXX.Gen.37.32 | |
| his inner garment | LXX.2Sam.15.32 | |
| his inner-garment | LXX.1Kgs.21.27 | |
| inner garment | LXX.Exod.28.4 • LXX.Exod.29.5 • LXX.Lev.6.10 • LXX.Lev.8.7 • LXX.2Sam.13.19 | |
| my inner garment | LXX.Song.5.3 | |
| χιτών | an inner garment | LXX.2Sam.13.18 |
| garment | LXX.Gen.37.32 • LXX.Gen.37.33 |
Abbott-Smith
χιτών, ῶνος, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for כְּתֹנֶת:]
the garment worn next the skin (though two tunics were sometimes worn, v. Swete, Mk., 117), a tunic: Mt 10:10, Mk 6:9 14:63, Lk 3:11 9:3, Ju 23; disting. from ἱμάτιον (q.v.), Mt 5:40, Lk 6:29, Jo 19:23, Ac 9:39 (v. DCG, i, 338a, 340a, 499a)
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 5:40 · 10:10 |
| Mark | 6:9 · 14:63 |
| Luke | 3:11 · 6:29 · 9:3 |
| John | 19:23 |
| Acts | 9:39 |
| Jude | 1:23 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
χιτών,
in Ionic dialectProse κῐθών, ῶνος, ὁ (also probably in [Refs], 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+]: sometimes with a girdle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μαλακός, ἐΰννητος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2 later worn also by women, ἅμα κιθῶνι ἐκδυομένῳ συνεκδύεται καὶ τὴν αἰδῶ γυνή [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 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+]; χ. ποδήρης, ὀρθοστάδιος, στατός (see entry); κιθὼν ποδηνεκής, worn by Babylonians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κιθῶνες λίνεοι περὶ τὰ σκέλεα θυσανωτοί, worn by Egyptians, [Refs]; κιθῶνες εἰρίνεοι, worn by Cilicians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II coat of mail, probably of leather covered with scales or rings, στρεπτὸς χ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κιθῶνες χειριδωτοὶ λεπίδος σιδηρέης coats of iron scales with sleeves, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III part of a shoe that coats the foot, upper, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV metaphorically, any coat, case, or covering, λάϊνος χιτών (see. λάϊνος) τειχέων κιθῶνες, i. e. walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Anatomy, coat, membrane, τὸν ἀμφὶ τὴν ὄψιν χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ὑμενώδης, ἀραχνιώδης, [Refs]; of foetal membranes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τριγλοφόροι χιτῶνες, of fishing-nets, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; χιτῶνες ἀραχνίων spiders' webs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, pods or coats of seeds, bulbous roots, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.2 vesture, [φύσις] σαρκῶν ἀλλογνῶτι περιστέλλουσα (i.e. ψυχάς) χιτῶνι [Refs 5th c.BC+] of the soul, [Refs 5th c.AD+]. (Accad. kitinnu 'linen garment', Hebrew kètōnet 'tunic'; χεθὼν γὰρ τὸ λίνον ἡμεῖς καλοῦμεν [Refs 1st c.AD+]