Greek noun (masculine) · G5509
χιτών
chitonkhee-tone'
tunic
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chitṓn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5509is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5509
a tunic or shirt
The King James renders it: clothes, coat, garment.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chiton is rendered "tunic". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:40if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
Matthew 5:40χιτῶνά
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- tunics5
- tunic4
- clothing1
- garments1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- χιτῶνας6
- χιτῶνα2
- χιτὼν1
- χιτῶνά1
- χιτῶνα.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural6N-APM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular4N-ASM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1N-NSM
Matthew
two uses
if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
- χιτῶνάchitonanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: tunic
Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.
- χιτῶναςchitonasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: tunics
Mark
two uses
and to wear sandals, but not a second tunic.
- χιτῶναςchitonasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: tunics
At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “Why do we need any more witnesses?
- χιτῶναςchitonasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: garments
Luke
three uses
John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
- χιτῶναςchitonasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: tunics
If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.
- χιτῶναchitonanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: tunic
“Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.
- χιτῶναςchitonasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: tunics
John
two uses
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
- χιτῶναchitonanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: tunic
- χιτὼνchitonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: tunic
Acts
one use
So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
- χιτῶναςchitonasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: tunics
Jude
one use
save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
- χιτῶνα.¶chitonanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: clothing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.