ΧΙΤΩΝ, χιτων
CHITŌN, chitōn
Sounds Like: khee-TON
Translations: tunic, coat, shirt, a tunic, a coat, a shirt
From the root: ΧΙΤΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a tunic or an undergarment, typically worn next to the skin. It was a basic piece of clothing in ancient times, often made of linen or wool, and could be worn by both men and women. It is commonly translated as 'tunic,' 'coat,' or 'shirt,' depending on the context and specific style implied.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5509 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- John — 19:23
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- John — 19:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΙΤΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΙΤΩΝΑ — tunic, coat, undergarment, a tunic, a coat, an undergarment
- ΧΕΙΤΩΝΑ — tunic, coat, garment, a tunic, a coat, a garment
- ΧΙΤΩΝΑ — tunic, a tunic, coat, a coat, garment, a garment
- ΧΙΤΩΝΑΣ — tunics, coats, garments
- ΧΙΤΩΝΙΣΚΟΝ — a tunic, a short tunic, a little tunic, an undergarment, a shirt
- ΧΙΤΩΝΟΣ — of a tunic, of a coat, of a garment, of an undergarment
- ΧΙΤΩΝΩΝ — of tunics, of coats, of garments
- ΧΙΤΩΣΙΝ — tunics, coats, garments, shirts
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