Word Summary
esthēsis: clothing
Original Word: ἔσθησιςTransliteration: esthēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (es'-thay-sis)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: clothing
Meaning: clothing
Strong's Concordance
government.
From a derivative of esthes; clothing (concretely) -- government.
see GREEK esthes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2067: ἔσθησιςἔσθησις (
Rec.elz ἔσθησις),
ἐσθησεως,
ἡ (from
ἐσθέω, and this from
ἐσθής, which see),
clothing, apparel: plural,
Luke 24:4 R G;
Acts 1:10 L T Tr WH; (cf.
Philo, vit. Moys. iii. § 18;
Eusebius,
h. e. 2, 6, 7 and Heinichen's note). (Rare in secular writings (
Aristotle, rhet. 2, 8, 14 variant); cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 2, 1 c.)