ἱμάτιον

ἱμάτιον, -ου, τό

(dim, of εἷμα, a garment), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּגֶד also for שִׂמְלָה, שַׂלְמָה, etc. ;]

a garment, but in usage always (exc. in p1., see infr.) of an outer garment, a mantle, cloak (thrown over the χιτών; see Rutherford, NPhr., 22; DCG, i, 499a): Matt 9,16, 20-21 Mark 2,21; 5,27-28, 30 Joh 19,2, ApG 12,8, al.; opposite to χιτών, Matt 5,40, Luk 6,29, ApG 9,39; pl., garments, clothes (i.e. the cloak and the tunic), Matt 17,2; 26,65; 27,31, 35, Mark 5,30; 15,20, 24, Joh 19,23-24, Jak 5,2, al