2438 - himas

Strong's Concordance

Original word: ἱμάς
Transliteration: himas
Definition (short): thong
Definition (full): a thong, strap

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: of uncertain origin
Definition: a thong, strap
NASB Translation: thong (3), thongs (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Perhaps from the same as hama; a strap, i.e. (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge) -- latchet, thong.

see GREEK hama

KJV: And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
NASB: And he was preaching, and saying, "After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.
KJV: John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
NASB: John answered and said to them all, "As for me, I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
KJV: He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
NASB: "It is He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."
KJV: And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
NASB: But when they stretched him out with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?"