Coat
Coat
(, Lat. tunica, both words probably related to the Eastern ; Assyrian Kitinn, linen), or tunic (Joh 19:23 Revised Version margin).-The word was used to designate the under-garment of all classes and both sexes, over which the cloak (, , pallium) was worn. On entering the upper-room in Joppa where the body of Dorcas lay, Peter was surrounded by widows showing the which her hands had made (Act 9:39), Tunics naturally varied in material and shape according to the position, means, and taste of the wearer. Wool and flax were the native products of Syria; line linen (byssus) was largely imported from Egypt; the silk of the East was unknown till the beginning of our era, and its use was deemed an evidence of extreme luxury (Rev 18:12; silk in Eze 16:10 is probably a mistake). The Jewish prisoners in Sennacheribs marble reliefs, who are evidently carved from life, have tunics fitting fairly close to the body and reaching nearly to the ankles. This was the garment worn by free townsmen; that of peasants and slaves was no doubt shorter and looser. The coat of white linen with long skirts and sleeves (Gen 37:3) was a mark of honour, wealth, and leisure. In later times even the poorer classes adopted a somewhat more elaborate toilet. Josephus mentions a slave in the time of Herod the Great who was found to have an incriminating letter of his masters concealed in his inner tunic, or true shirt (Ant. XVII. v. 7). The was made of two pieces of cloth sewn together at the sides, or of one piece which required a single seam; or it was entirely seamless (, unsewed), being woven from the top throughout (Joh 19:23), a process for which a special loom was needed.
The of the Greeks was of two sorts. The Ionian was a linen tunic with sleeves, reaching to the feet ( [Od. xix. 242]); the Dorian was a square woollen tunic with short sleeves or mere arm holes. Among the Romans a tunic with long sleeves was thought very effeminate; et tunicae manicas habent are words uttered in scorn (Virg. aen. ix. 616). The proverb Tunica proprior pallio est was like the English Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin. Cf. also article Clothes.
James Strahan.
Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
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(, ketho’neth, or , kutto’neth, probably meaning covering; hence Greek ) is the word employed by our translators for the ancient tunic (q.v.), which was in modern phrase a shirt worn next to the skin (Lev 16:4), by females as well as males (Son 5:3; 2Sa 13:18), and especially by the priests and Levites (Exo 28:4; Exo 29:5; Neh 7:70; Neh 7:72). The same term is used of the coats of skins prepared by the Almighty for the first human pair (Gen 3:21), which were probably nothing more than aprons, or a short skirt bound at the waist. The tunic was commonly (at least with males) without sleeves, and usually reached to the knees. It was generally made of linen, but for the winter was frequently made of wool; and the rich no doubt wore tunics of byssus (fine linen, i.e. [?] cotton, then very rare). It was sometimes woven entire without a seam, like the modern hose (Joh 19:23). It was also occasionally of a gay pattern; such was Joseph’s coat of many colors (Genesis 38), that is, of different colored threads in stripes or plaided. Sometimes two tunics seem to have been worn at once, either for ornament or luxury, for the term is frequently used in the plural of an individual (Mat 10:10; Mar 6:9; Luk 3:11). In that case the outer one probably supplied the place of the cloak or pallium. SEE CLOTHING; SEE DRESS, etc. The fisher’s coat () mentioned in Joh 21:7, was evidently an outer garment or cloak, and Peter is said to be naked before throwing it about him, as having on only the tunic, or perhaps no more than a strip of cloth about the loins, like the modern Arabs. The little coat made by Hannah for the young Samuel (1Sa 2:19) was the (meil’), or outer dress, elsewhere rendered robe, mantle, or cloak [q.v.]. The coats of the three Hebrew children in the furnace (Dan 3:21; Dan 3:27) are called in the original Chaldee (sarbalin’, Sept. ), thought by some to be the Persian name for long and wide trowsers, whence Greek , Lat. sarabala, etc., but by others, with greater probability, to be kindred with the Arabic name for a long shirt or cloak, which is corroborated by the Talmudic interpretation of mantles, i.e. the pallium or outer dress. (See Smith’s Dict. of Class. Antiq. s.v. Tunica, etc.) SEE ATTIRE.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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the tunic worn like the shirt next the skin (Lev. 16:4; Cant. 5:3; 2 Sam. 15:32; Ex. 28:4; 29:5). The “coats of skins” prepared by God for Adam and Eve were probably nothing more than aprons (Gen. 3:21). This tunic was sometimes woven entire without a seam (John 19:23); it was also sometimes of “many colours” (Gen. 37:3; R.V. marg., “a long garment with sleeves”). The “fisher’s coat” of John 21:7 was obviously an outer garment or cloak, as was also the “coat” made by Hannah for Samuel (1 Sam. 2:19). (See DRESS)
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
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COAT.This word in the Gospels usually represents the Gr. , i.e. the tunic or long close-fitting under garment worn in Palestine, as opposed to the or full and flowing outer garment (see Hasting’s Dictionary of the Bible , art. Dress).
Our Lords instructions to the Twelve included one which forbade their wearing or having in their possession more than one such garment (Mat 10:10, Mar 6:9, Luk 9:3; cf. Luk 3:11). And in the Sermon on the Mount (Mat 5:40; cf. Luk 6:29) we are bidden to cultivate such a spirit of meekness as would be illustrated by a readiness to part even with ones cloak () to him who took away ones coat.* [Note: In Luke the order is transposed, the cloak coming before the coat, this being the order in which these two garments would be torn off.]
The soldiers at the Crucifixion (Joh 19:23-24) took possession of the Saviours garments, according, we suppose, to the usual practice. The outer robes they divided into four parts, one for each of the quaternion, but for the coat ( ), in close fulfilment of Psa 22:18, they cast lots, not wishing to tear it up, because it was without seam, woven from the top throughout. Josephus (Ant. iii. vii. 4), quoted by Bp. Westcott, tells us that the long robe ( ) of the high priest was of this character: This vesture was not composed of two pieces, nor was it sewed together upon the shoulders and the sides, but it was one long vestment, so woven as to have an aperture for the neck (Whistons translation ). Bp. Westcott further quotes Chrysostom, who perhaps wrote from personal knowledge, as thinking that the detail is added to show the poorness of the Lords garments, and that in dress as in all other things He followed a simple fashion. Others incline to the view that there is a parallel suggested between the Eternal High Priests garment and that of the Aaronic high priest. In any case the seamless robe of Christ has often been taken as a type of the One (ideally) Undivided Church, e.g. by Cyprian in a famous passage (de Unit. Eccl. 7), where he contrasts the incorrupta atque individua tunica of Christ with the prophet Ahijahs robe, which he tore in duodecim scissuras in token of the disruption of the kingdom (1Ki 11:30 ff.), and concludes: sacramento vestis et signo declaravit ecclesiae unitatem. For the part which the Holy Coat has played in legend at Trves and elsewhere, those who are curious in such matters may consult Gildenmeister and v. Sybel, Der Heilige Rock zu Trier und die 20 anderen heiligen ungenahten Rocke3 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] , 1845.
We may note finally: (1) that the word coat (so Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1885 ; Authorized Version fishers coat) in Joh 21:7 stands for the large loose garment () which St. Peter threw as a covering over his almost naked body when he left his fishing and came into the Masters presence; (2) that it was the under-garments () that the high priest rent when he heard the blasphemy at our Lords trial (Mar 14:63; see Swetes notes, in loc.). See also Cloke, Dress.
C. L. Feltoe.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
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COAT.See Dress, 2 (d), 4.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
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kot. See CLOAK; DRESS, etc.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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See GARMENT.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
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Coat. See Dress.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
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* For COAT (ependeutes) see CLOKE, CLOTHING
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
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Gen 3:21 (c) We usually use these coats of skins to represent the imputed righteousness of GOD which is given to us through the death of the Lord JESUS CHRIST. The animal died so that the skins could be used for clothing. Just as human babies are born with no clothes and must obtain clothing from an outside source so new babes in CHRIST have no garment of their own, but must receive the garment of salvation, the robe of righteousness from GOD through faith in JESUS CHRIST. This truth is illustrated in Mat 22:11-12.
Job 30:18 (c) The disease which Job had, which was probably elephantiasis, fastened itself upon his body tenaciously and clung to him as a garment.