◄ 2438. himas ►
Strong's Concordance himas: a thong, strap Original Word: ἱμάς, άντος, ὁ Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: himas Phonetic Spelling: (hee-mas') Short Definition: a thong, strap Definition: a thong, strap, (a) for binding a man who is to be flogged, (b) for fastening a sandal or shoe. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2438: ἱμάς ἱμάς, ἱμαντος, ὁ (from ἵημι to send; namely, a vessel, which was tied to thongs of leather and let down into a well for the purpose of drawing water; hence, ἱμάω also, to draw something made fast to a thong or rope (recent etymol. connect it with Skt. si to bind; cf. Curtius, § 602; Vanicek, p. 1041)); from Homer down; a thong of leather, a strap; in the N. T. of the thongs with which captives or criminals were either bound or beaten (see προτείνω), Acts 22:25 (4 Macc. 9:11; Sir. 30:35); of the thongs or ties by which sandals were fastened to the feet, Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; John 1:27 (so also in Isaiah 5:27; Xenophon, anab. 4, 5, 14; Plutarch, symp. 4, 2, 3; Suidas ἱμάς. σφαιρωτήρ σανδαλιου, ζανιχιον, οἷον τό λωριον τοῦ ὑποδήματος). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance a thong, strap Perhaps from the same as hama; a strap, i.e. (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge) -- latchet, thong. see GREEK hama Forms and Transliterations ιμαντα ιμάντα ἱμάντα ιμάντες ιμάντι ιμάσι ιμασιν ιμάσιν ἱμᾶσιν himanta himánta himasin himâsin imanta imasin Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 2438 4 Occurrences ἱμάντα — 3 Occ. ἱμᾶσιν — 1 Occ. Mark 1:7 N-AMS GRK: λῦσαι τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων NAS: and untie the thong of His sandals. KJV: after me, the latchet of whose shoes INT: to untie the strap of the sandals Luke 3:16 N-AMS GRK: λῦσαι τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων NAS: to untie the thong of His sandals; KJV: I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes INT: to untie the strap of the sandals John 1:27 N-AMS GRK: αὐτοῦ τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος NAS: after me, the thong of whose KJV: whose shoe's latchet I am INT: of him the strap of the sandal Acts 22:25 N-DMP GRK: αὐτὸν τοῖς ἱμᾶσιν εἶπεν πρὸς NAS: they stretched him out with thongs, Paul KJV: they bound him with thongs, Paul said INT: him with the whips said to 4 Occurrences