ΧΙΤΩΝΙΣΚΟΝ, χιτωνισκον
CHITŌNISKON, chitōniskon
Sounds Like: khee-toh-NIS-kon
Translations: a tunic, a short tunic, a little tunic, an undergarment, a shirt
From the root: ΧΙΤΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a diminutive form of the noun 'chiton' (ΧΙΤΩΝ), meaning 'tunic' or 'undergarment'. Therefore, 'chitōniskon' refers to a small or short tunic, or a little shirt. It describes a piece of clothing worn close to the body, often as an undergarment, but could also be worn as an outer garment, especially if it was short. It is used here in the accusative case, indicating it is the direct object of a verb.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5509 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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
- ΧΙΤΩΝ — tunic, coat, shirt, a tunic, a coat, a shirt
- ΧΙΤΩΝΑ — tunic, a tunic, coat, a coat, garment, a garment
- ΧΙΤΩΝΑΣ — tunics, coats, garments
- 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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