# G2438 ἱμάς

ἱμάς (himás), Strong’s G2438: a strap, i.e. (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge) KJV: latchet, thong. Occurs 8 times.

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*himás* — a strap, i.e. (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge)

KJV: latchet, thong

Derived from [ἅμα háma](https://besorah.bible/word/G260) (at the "same" time)

Occurs 8 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Mark 1:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/1?v=7) — He preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop…
- [Luke 3:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/3?v=16) — Yochanan answered them all, “I indeed immerse you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose…
- [John 1:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/1?v=27) — He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”
- [Acts 22:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/22?v=25) — When they had tied him up with straps, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man…
- [4 Maccabees 9:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/9?v=11) — So, at his bidding, the torturers brought the oldest of them, and tearing through his tunic, bound his hands and arms…