Himation denotes clothing or garments—items worn, handled, spread out, touched, or used in comparison.

The term denotes worn garments or clothing in scenes of dressing, removing, touching, spreading, dividing, and preserving them; the same concrete item also supplies imagery for aging, change, and white attire.

1. Garments as worn or handled items · dominant

   The noun identifies articles that people put on, remove, or otherwise handle: in Acts 12:8 the APB renders the command to put on clothing, while in John 13:4 it renders garments laid aside. In Mark 5:27 the genitive singular form occurs in the clause where a woman touches Jesus' clothing; in Luke 19:36 and John 19:23, plural forms occur where clothing is spread on the road or divided among soldiers. In Hebrews 1:11 and Revelation 3:5, the verse imagery likewise compares something to clothing or describes white garments.

   Acts 12:8John 13:4Mark 5:27Luke 19:36John 19:23Hebrews 1:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously uses “clothing,” “garments,” “cloaks,” and “cloak” in verses containing the term. This variation reflects the verse-level rendering rather than separate meanings of the lemma.