leather strap

Greek Noun Male

ἱμάς, -άντος, ὁ [in LXX: Isa.5:27 (שְׂרוֹךְ), Sir.33:26, 4Ma.9:11, al;] a thong, strap: for binding prisoners (Ma, Sir, ll. with), Act.22:25; for fastening sandals, Mk, Luk.3:16, Jhn.1:27. (AS)

leather strap

Greek Noun Male

ἱμάς, ὁ, genitive ἱμάντος (not ἱμᾶς, ἱμᾶντος Hdn.Gr. 2.939): Epic dialect dative plural ἱμάντεσσι:— leathern strap or thong, [Refs 8th c.BC+] a) traces, [Refs] b) reins, [Refs], etc; τμητοῖς ἱμᾶσι [Refs 5th c.BC+] c) straps on which the body of the chariot was hung, [Refs 8th c.BC+] d) lash of a whip, formed by several thongs, [Refs] e) boxing-glove, consisting of several straps put round the hand,[Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) in singular, the magic girdle of Aphrodite, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 2.b) chin-strap of the helmet, [Refs] 2.c) thong, by which the bolt was shot home into the socket, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 2.d) after [Refs 8th c.BC+], thong or latchet of a sandal, [NT+5th c.BC+] 2.e) rail-rope, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.f) well-rope, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2.g) dog-leash, [Refs 5th c.BC+] you were tough as a dog-leash, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.h) whip, scourge, ἔξω τις δότω ἱμάντα [NT+4th c.BC+] i) cord, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) diseased condition of the uvula, [Refs] III) ἱμάντες, in Architecture texts, planks laid on rafters, [Refs]; on στρωτῆρες (which see), [Refs]sināti 'bind', Latin saeta.) [?~X ¯, usually; but also ῑ in Epic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a strap, i.e. (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge); latchet, thong; perhaps from the same as g260 (ἅμα)