tunic

Greek Noun Male

χιτών, ῶνος, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for כְּתֹנֶת:] the garment worn next the skin (though two tunics were sometimes worn, see Swete, Mk., 117), a tunic: Mat.10:10, Mrk.6:9 14:63, Luk.3:11 9:3, Ju 23; dieting. from ἱμάτιον (which see), Mat.5:40, Luk.6:29, Jhn.19:23, Act.9:39 (see DCG, i, 338, 340, 499) (AS)

tunic

Greek Noun Male

χῐτών, in Ionic dialectProse κῐθών, ῶνος, ὁ (also probably in [Refs], Doric dialect κῐτών (which see):— garment worn next the skin, tunic. I) in early times, only of a man's tunic (the woman's being πέπλος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes with a girdle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μαλακός, ἐΰννητος, [Refs 8th c.BC+] I.2) later worn also by women, ἅμα κιθῶνι ἐκδυομένῳ συνεκδύεται καὶ τὴν αἰδῶ γυνή [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the Ionian sleeved χ. was distinguished fr the Dorian, fastened with περόναι, μετέβαλον [αἱ τῶν Ἀθηναίων γυναῖκες] ἐς τὸν λίνεον κ. ἵνα δὴ περόνῃσι μὴ χρέωνται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ποδήρης, ὀρθοστάδιος, στατός (see entry); κιθὼν ποδηνεκής, worn by Babylonians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κιθῶνες λίνεοι περὶ τὰ σκέλεα θυσανωτοί, worn by Egyptians, [Refs]; κιθῶνες εἰρίνεοι, worn by Cilicians, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) coat of mail, probably of leather covered with scales or rings, στρεπτὸς χ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κιθῶνες χειριδωτοὶ λεπίδος σιδηρέης coats of iron scales with sleeves, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) part of a shoe that coats the foot, upper, [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV) metaphorically, any coat, case, or covering, λάϊνος χιτών (see. λάϊνος) τειχέων κιθῶνες, i. e. walls, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Anatomy, coat, membrane, τὸν ἀμφὶ τὴν ὄψιν χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ὑμενώδης, ἀραχνιώδης, [Refs]; of foetal membranes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τριγλοφόροι χιτῶνες, of fishing-nets, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; χιτῶνες ἀραχνίων spiders' webs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, pods or coats of seeds, bulbous roots, etc, [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV.2) vesture, [φύσις] σαρκῶν ἀλλογνῶτι περιστέλλουσα (i.e. ψυχάς) χιτῶνι [Refs 5th c.BC+] of the soul, [Refs 5th c.AD+]. (Accad. kitinnu 'linen garment', Hebrew kètōnet 'tunic'; χεθὼν γὰρ τὸ λίνον ἡμεῖς καλοῦμεν [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a tunic or shirt; clothes, coat, garment; of foreign origin (h3801)