King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5511
Transliteration: chlamys
Phonetic Spelling: (khlam-ooce')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a chlamys or short cloak
Meaning: a chlamys or short cloak
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).
Word Summary
chlamys: a chlamys or short cloak
Original Word: χλαμύςTransliteration: chlamys
Phonetic Spelling: (khlam-ooce')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a chlamys or short cloak
Meaning: a chlamys or short cloak
Strong's Concordance
robe. Of uncertain derivation; a military cloak -- robe.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5511: χλαμύςχλαμύς, 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).