Chitōn χιτών

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Chitōn
χιτών
Transliterationchitōn
Strong's numberG5509
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosstunic
Occurrences11 in 10 verses
Most frequent inLuke (3)

Chitōn (Greek χιτών, Strong's G5509) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “tunic”. It occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the New Testament.

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcoats (5), coat (4), clothes (1), garment (1)
BSBtunic (6), tunics (2), clothes (1), clothing (1)

Verses

Every verse with Chitōn, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Jude

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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