ἱμάς
himas
“leather strap”
Definition
a strap, i.e. (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge)
perhaps from the same as G260 (ἅμα);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
ἱμάς appears 4 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”
He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.