Strong's #2438: himas (pronounced hee-mas')

perhaps from the same as 260; a strap, i.e. (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge):--latchet, thong.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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himas

1) a thong of leather, a strap

1a) in the NT of the thongs with which captives or criminals were either bound or beaten

1b) of the thongs or ties by which sandals were fastened to the feet

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: perhaps from the same as G260

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

Mark 1:7: "after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am"
Luke 3:16: "than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not"
John 1:27: "me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy"
Acts 22:25: "as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion"