{"def":{"short":"a strap, i.e., (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge)","long":["a thong of leather, a strap",["in the New Testament of the thongs with which captives or criminals were either bound or beaten","of the thongs or ties by which sandals were fastened to the feet"]]},"deriv":"perhaps from the same as G0260","pronun":{"ipa":"hiˈmɑs","ipa_mod":"iˈmɑs","sbl":"himas","dic":"hee-MAHS","dic_mod":"ee-MAHS"},"see":["G0260"]}