Dict: easton - Cloak

easton:

Cloak @ an upper garment, "an exterior tunic, wide and long, reaching to the ankles, but without sleeves" kjv@Isaiah:59:17). The word so rendered is elsewhere rendered "robe" or "mantle." It was worn by the high priest under the ephod kjv@Exodus:28:31), by kings and others of rank ( kjv@1Samuel:15:27; kjv@Job:1:20 kjv@Job:2:12), and by women ( kjv@2Samuel:13:18). The word translated "cloke", i.e., outer garment, in kjv@Matthew:5:40 is in its plural form used of garments in general kjv@Matthew:17:2 kjv@Matthew:26:65). The cloak mentioned here and in kjv@Luke:6:29 was the Greek himation, Latin pallium, and consisted of a large square piece of wollen cloth fastened round the shoulders, like the abba of the Arabs. This could be taken by a creditor kjv@Exodus:22:26-27), but the coat or tunic (Gr. chiton) mentioned in kjv@Matthew:5:40 could not. The cloak which Paul "left at Troas" ( kjv@2Timothy:4:13) was the Roman paenula, a thick upper garment used chiefly in travelling as a protection from the weather. Some, however, have supposed that what Paul meant was a travelling-bag. In the Syriac version the word used means a bookcase. (
See Dress.)