Tunic
χιτώνStrong’s G5509chitōn
Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament
In short
Chitōn is the Greek word usually translated “tunics”, “tunic” and “garments”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.
“And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.”
Meaning
Usually translated “tunics”, “tunic” and “garments”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- tunics 5
- tunic 4
- garments 1
- clothing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 3
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- John 1
- Acts 1
- Jude 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 5:40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak 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 cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
Greek dictionary
χιτών chitōn · 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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tunic” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TU'NIC, noun
[Latin tunica. See Town and Tun.]
- A kind of waistcoat or under garment worn by men in ancient Rome and the east.
- Among the religious, a woolen shirt or under garment.
- In anatomy, a membrane that covers or composes some part or organ; as the tunics or coats of the eye; the tunics of the stomach, or the membranous and muscular layers which compose it.
- A natural covering; an integument; as the tunic of a seed.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.