2001 Translation

CHITŌNAS, chitōnas

Sounds Like: khee-TOH-nas

Translations: tunics, coats, garments

From the root: ΧΙΤΩΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to an undergarment or tunic, typically worn next to the skin, similar to a shirt or a long robe. It was a common piece of clothing in ancient times, worn by both men and women. In the provided context, it is used in its plural form, referring to multiple tunics or garments.

Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine

Strong’s number: G5509 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 14:19
• Matthew — 10:10
• Mark — 6:9, 14:63
• Luke — 3:11, 9:3
• Acts of the Apostles — 9:39

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 7 — 8:171
• Book 8 — 7:185

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Six — 8:17

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 27:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 3:21
• Exodus — 28:36, 29:8, 35:19, 36:35, 40:12
• Leviticus — 8:13
• Judith — 14:19
• 2 Maccabees — 4:38, 12:40
• Isaiah — 3:16, 36:22
• Letter of Jeremiah — 1:30

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 2:4, 11:7

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 10:10
• Mark — 6:9, 14:63
• Luke — 3:11, 9:3
• Acts — 9:39

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
• 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

This concordance database is in beta

That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.

It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.

Please report any errors or important missing information.