A variant form of G2066 (esthes). Clothing or raiment. Used in Acts 1:10 (in some manuscripts) and related passages about apparel and garments. Closely associated with the theology of clothing as covering, identity, and divine provision.
Jesus taught His disciples not to worry about esthesis β clothing (Luke 12:23): 'The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.' This teaching is not against proper clothing but against the anxiety that comes from trusting in material provision rather than God. From the first clothing in Eden (God covering Adam and Eve with animal skins, requiring a sacrifice) to the final clothing in Revelation (white robes washed in the blood of the Lamb), the Bible presents clothing as God's province. We are clothed by grace, not by our own weaving.