Strong’s G2438 · Greek

ἱμάς
himás

Definition

a strap, i.e. (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge)

Etymology

perhaps from the same as G260 (ἅμα);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • latchet
  • thong

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.