Word Summary
podērēs: reaching to the feet
Original Word: ποδήρηςTransliteration: podērēs
Phonetic Spelling: (pod-ay'-race)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: reaching to the feet
Meaning: reaching to the feet
Strong's Concordance
long robe, dress
From pous and another element of uncertain affinity; a dress (esthes implied) reaching the ankles -- garment down to the foot.
see GREEK pous
see GREEK esthes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4158: ποδήρηςποδήρης,
ποδηρες, accusative
ποδηρην, Lachmann's stereotyped edition;
Tdf. edition 7 in
Revelation 1:13; see
ἄρσην (
πούς, and
ἀρῶ 'to join together,' 'fasten'),
reaching to the feet (
Aeschylus,
Euripides,
Xenophon,
Plutarch, others):
ὁ ποδήρης (namely,
χιτών,
Exodus 25:6;
Exodus 28:4;
Exodus 35:8;
Ezekiel 9:3) or
ἡ ποδήρης (namely,
ἐσθής),
a garment reaching to the ankles, coming down to the feet, Revelation 1:13 (Sir. 27:8 Sir. 45:8;
χιτών ποδήρης,
Xenophon, Cyril 6, 4, 2;
Pausanias, 5, 19, 6;
ὑποδύτης ποδήρης,
Exodus 28:27;
ἔνδυμα ποδήρης, Wis. 18:24; (
Josephus,
b. j. 5, 5, 7)). (Cf.
Trench, § l. under the end.)