ἱμάς, ἱμαντος, ὁ (from ἵημι to send; namely, a vessel, which was tied to thongs of leather and let down into a well for the purpose of drawing water; hence, ἱμάω also, to draw something made fast to a thong or rope (recent etymol. connect it with Skt. si to bind; cf. Curtius, § 602; Vanicek, p. 1041)); from Homer down; a thong of leather, a strap; in the N. T. of the thongs with which captives or criminals were either bound or beaten (see προτείνω), Act_22:25 (4Ma_9:11; Sir. 30:35); of the thongs or ties by which sandals were fastened to the feet, Mar_1:7; Luk_3:16; Joh_1:27 (so also in Isa_5:27; Xenophon, anab. 4, 5, 14; Plutarch, symp. 4, 2, 3; Suidas ἱμάς. σφαιρωτήρ σανδαλιου, ζανιχιον, οἷον τό λωριον τοῦ ὑποδήματος).

ἱμάς himas 4x a strap or thong of leather, Act_22:25 ; a shoe-latchet, Mar_1:7 ; Luk_3:16 ; Joh_1:27

ἱμάς , -άντος , ὁ , [in LXX : Isa_5:27 ( H8288 ), Sir_33:26 , 4Ma_9:11 , al ;] a thong, strap: for binding prisoners (Ma, Sir, ll . c .), Act_22:25 ; for fastening sandals, Mk, Luk_3:16 , Joh_1:27 .†

ἱμάς [page 304] P Petr II. 25 ( d )2 (iii/B.C.) εἰς ἱμάντας ἐλαίου , a receipt for oil for greasing straps, P Oxy X. 1294 .7 (ii/iii A.D.) ἱμάντα δεδεμένον εἰς τὸ πανάριον καλόν , a good strap tied to the basket (Edd.). An edict of iv/A.D., P Oxy IX. 1186 .2 , directed against the use of the whip (ἱμάντες ) in the punishment of free men, has τὸ τὴν διὰ τῶν ἱμάντων λητ̣αρι [ ]ων ἐπιχωρίως οὕτω καλουμένων αἰκείαν ὑπομένειν ἐστὶν μὲν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν δουλικὴν τύχην εἰληχότων ἀνιαρόν , subjection to the punishment of scourging, called in the native speech . . . , is even for those of servile estate lamentable (Ed.) : cf. Act_22:25 (RV marg. for the thongs ). In Syll 537 .55 (2nd half iv/B.C.) ἐπιθεὶς ἱμάντας πλάτος ἡμιποδίου the reference is to asseres horizontali positura canteriis impositi (Ed.) : cf. ib. 587 .64 (B.C. 329 8). A good illustration of Mar_1:7 is afforded by Menander Fragm. p. 33, No.109 .2 ὑποδούμενος τὸν ἱμάντα γὰρ τῆς δεξιᾶς | ἐμβάδος ἀπέρρηξ (α ).

ἱμάς "a leathern strap or thong", Il. : in pl. "the traces by which horses were" attached to the chariot, id=Il. : also, "the reins", id=Il. , Soph. , Eur. "the straps" on which the body of the chariot was hung, Il. "the lash" of a whip, id=Il. "the caestus" of boxers, consisting of "straps put round the hand", id=Il. in sg. the magic "girdle" of Aphrodite, Lat. cestus, id=Il. "the chin-strap" of the helmet, id=Il. in Od. "a latchet or thong", by which the bolt was shot home into the socket, and which was then fastened to the κορώνη, Od. after Hom. "the thong or latchet" of a sandal, Xen. "a dog-leash", id=Xen. : proverb., ἱμὰς κύνειός ἐστι he's as tough as a dog- "leash", Ar.

ἱμάς, -άντος, ὁ [in LXX: Isa.5:27 (שְׂרוֹךְ), Sir.33:26, 4Ma.9:11, al ;] a thong, strap: for binding prisoners (Ma, Sir, ll. with), Act.22:25; for fastening sandals, Mk, Luk.3:16, Jhn.1:27.† (AS)