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GreekG5509Noun (Masculine)

χιτών

chitōn

10Occurrences
G5509Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a tunic or shirt

of foreign origin (H03801);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
the garment worn next the skin (though two tunics were sometimes worn, see Swete, Mk., 117), a tunic: dieting. from *ἱμάτιον *(which see), (see DCG, i, 338, 340, 499)
LXX: chiefly for כְּתֹנֶת

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

χιτών appears 10 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
3
Matthew
2
Mark
2
Acts
1
John
1
Jude
1

Key Passages

Acts 9:39BSB

So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

Jude 1:23BSB

save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

Luke 6:29BSB

If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.

Matthew 10:10BSB

Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.

Mark 14:63BSB

At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “Why do we need any more witnesses?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.