Cloak @ an upper garment, "an exterior tunic, wide and long, reaching to the ankles, but without sleeves" Isaiah:59:17). The word so rendered is elsewhere rendered "robe" or "mantle." It was worn by the high priest under the ephod Exodus:28:31), by kings and others of rank ( 1Samuel:15:27; Job:1:20Job:2:12), and by women ( 2Samuel:13:18). The word translated "cloke", i.e., outer garment, in Matthew:5:40 is in its plural form used of garments in general Matthew:17:2Matthew:26:65). The cloak mentioned here and in 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 Exodus:22:26-27), but the coat or tunic (Gr. chiton) mentioned in Matthew:5:40 could not. The cloak which Paul "left at Troas" ( 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.)
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