STRONGS NT 5511: χλαμύς

χλαμύς, χλαμύδος, ἡ (according to the testimony of Pollux 10, 38, 164, first used by Sappho), a chlamys, an outer garment usually worn over the χιτών (which see); specifically, the Latinpaludamentum (which see in Rich, Dict. of Antiq., under the word, at the end), a kind of short cloak worn by soldiers, military officers, magistrates, kings, emperors, etc. (2 Macc. 12:35; Josephus, Antiquities 5, 1, 10; Herodian, Aelian, others; often in Plutarch): Matthew 27:28, 31 (A. V. robe; see Meyer at the passage; Trench, Synonyms, § 1.; Rich (as above) under the word Chlamys; and other references under the word ἱμάτιον).

Forms and Transliterations

χλαμυδα χλαμύδα chlamuda chlamyda chlamýda

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