Word Summary
endyma: apparel (esp. the outer robe)
Original Word: ἔνδυμαTransliteration: endyma
Phonetic Spelling: (en'-doo-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: apparel (esp. the outer robe)
Meaning: apparel (especially the outer robe)
Strong's Concordance
clothing, garment, raiment.
From enduo; apparel (especially the outer robe) -- clothing, garment, raiment.
see GREEK enduo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1742: ἔνδυμαἔνδυμα,
ἐνδυτός,
τό (
ἐνδύω),
garment, raiment, (
Aulus Gellius,
Lactantiusindumentum):
Matthew 6:25, 28;
Luke 12:23; specifically,
a cloak, an outer garment:
Matthew 3:4;
Matthew 22:11f (
ἔνδυμα γάμου, a wedding garment);
Matthew 28:3;
ἔνδυμα προβάτων, sheep's clothing, i. e. the skins of sheep,
Matthew 7:15 (others take the phrase figuratively: 'with a lamb-like exterior'). ((
Strabo 3, 3, 7);
Josephus,
b. j. 5, 5, 7; (Antiquities, 3, 7, 2);
Plutarch, Sol. 8; the
Sept. for
לְבוּשׁ.)