ἱμάτιον, -ου, τό
(dim. of εἷμα, a garment), [in LXX chiefly for בֶּגֶד, also for שִׂמְלָה, שַׂלְמָה, etc.;]
a garment, but in usage always (exc. in p1., v. infr.) of an outer garment, a mantle, cloak (thrown over the χιτών; v. Rutherford, NPhr., 22; DCG, i, 499a): Mt 9:16, 20, 21, Mk 2:215:27, 28, 30, Jo 19:2, Ac 12:8, al.; opp. to χιτών, Mt 5:40, Lk 6:29, Ac 9:39; pl., garments, clothes (i.e. the cloak and the tunic), Mt 17:226:6527:31, 35, Mk 5:3015:20, 24, Jo 19:23, 24, Ja 5:2, al.