שִׂמְלָה

ἱμάτιον himátion · G2440 · clothing, apparel, cloak

Greek ἱμάτιον (himation) is the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew שִׂמְלָה (simlah), both denoting outer garments or general clothing; the terms share nearly identical semantic range across garment/apparel contexts.

στολή stolḗ · G4749 · long robe

Greek στολή denotes specifically a long, flowing garment worn as a mark of dignity or status (often ceremonial or official dress), while Hebrew שִׂמְלָה is the general term for outer garments, clothing, or cloaks without the status-marking connotation; στολή thus represents a semantically narrower, register-elevated subset of the broader שִׂמְלָה category.

ἱματισμός himatismós · G2441 · clothing, apparel

Greek ἱματισμός denotes clothing as a collective concept or attire in general, functioning as the natural Greek rendering for Hebrew שִׂמְלָה's concrete garment/raiment sense in LXX translation contexts.

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This noun denotes a garment, as in Genesis 35:2's instruction for Jacob's household to purify themselves and change their garments before going up to Bethel.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.