Strong G294ἀμφιέννυμι
to clothe
- Transliteration
- amphiennumi
- Pronunciation
- am-fee-en'-noo-mee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From the base of G297 and ἕννυμι hennumi (to invest); to enrobe: - clothe.
Detailed definition
ἀμφιέννυμι
(ἕννυμι, to clothe),
to clothe: Mat.6:30 11:8, Luk.7:25 (cf. ἀμφιάζω).†
(AS)
(ἕννυμι, to clothe),
to clothe: Mat.6:30 11:8, Luk.7:25 (cf. ἀμφιάζω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G294 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- clothe4
First verses
- Matthew 6:30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
- Matthew 11:8But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.
- Luke 7:25But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.
- Luke 12:28If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀμφιέννυμι
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321a)]; ἀμφιεννύω [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 9)]: future ἀμφιέσω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.167, _Attic dialect_ ἀμφιῶ)] (ἀπ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 339)], (προσ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 891)]: aorist ἠμφίεσα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.361 (_optative_ -έσαιμι), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.17)]:—middle [Refs (, [prev. work] 8.2.21)]: future -έσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 4.3.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 457a)]: aorist ἠμφιεσάμην[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 2.122)], Epic dialect ἀμφιέσαντο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.142)]:—passive, aorist participle ἀμφιεσθείς[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.10.5)]: perfect ἠμφίεσμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1172, etc.)]; poetry participle ἀμφεμμένος[Refs (“epigram Gr.” 1035.25)]:— put round or on, ἀμφὶ δὲ καλὰ λέπαδν᾽ ἕσαν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.393)]: but mostly with double accusative person et of things, ἐμὲ χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματα.. ἀμφιέσασα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.369; in tmesi, ἀμφὶ δέ με χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματα ἕσσεν 10.542; ἀμφὶ δέ μιν μέγα δέρμα.. ἕσσ᾽ ἐλάφοιο 13.436, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 936, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 219b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.17, etc.)]:—passive, ἠμφιεσμένος τι clothed in.., wearing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1172, “Th.” 92, “Ec.” 879, etc.)]; τροφαλὶς σκῖρον ἠμφιεσμένη with a rind on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 277.)]
2 rarely with dative of things. ἀ. τινά τινι clothe one in or with, θριξὶ καὶ δέρμασι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321a: _metaphorically_, πονηρὰ χρηστοῖς ἀ. λόγοις)] cloak.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.16.)]
II middle, put on oneself, dress oneself in, ἀμφιέσαντο χιτῶνας[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.142; ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἄρα.. ἑανὸν ἕσαθ᾽ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.178)]; ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἄρα.. νεφέλην ὤμοισι ἕσαντο they put cloud round their shoulders,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (20.150; γυίοις ἀμφιέσαντο κόνιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta Elegiaca - PLG” 3; λευκήν ἀμφιέσασθε σάμην “Anthologia Graeca” 12.93; ἀρετὴν ἀντὶ ἱματίων ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 457a: _absolutely_, οὐ γὰρ παρέχεις ἀμφιέσασθαι τῷ πατρί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 17D.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321a)]; ἀμφιεννύω [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 9)]: future ἀμφιέσω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.167, _Attic dialect_ ἀμφιῶ)] (ἀπ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 339)], (προσ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 891)]: aorist ἠμφίεσα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.361 (_optative_ -έσαιμι), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.17)]:—middle [Refs (, [prev. work] 8.2.21)]: future -έσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 4.3.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 457a)]: aorist ἠμφιεσάμην[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 2.122)], Epic dialect ἀμφιέσαντο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.142)]:—passive, aorist participle ἀμφιεσθείς[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.10.5)]: perfect ἠμφίεσμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1172, etc.)]; poetry participle ἀμφεμμένος[Refs (“epigram Gr.” 1035.25)]:— put round or on, ἀμφὶ δὲ καλὰ λέπαδν᾽ ἕσαν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.393)]: but mostly with double accusative person et of things, ἐμὲ χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματα.. ἀμφιέσασα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.369; in tmesi, ἀμφὶ δέ με χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματα ἕσσεν 10.542; ἀμφὶ δέ μιν μέγα δέρμα.. ἕσσ᾽ ἐλάφοιο 13.436, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 936, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 219b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.17, etc.)]:—passive, ἠμφιεσμένος τι clothed in.., wearing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1172, “Th.” 92, “Ec.” 879, etc.)]; τροφαλὶς σκῖρον ἠμφιεσμένη with a rind on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 277.)]
2 rarely with dative of things. ἀ. τινά τινι clothe one in or with, θριξὶ καὶ δέρμασι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321a: _metaphorically_, πονηρὰ χρηστοῖς ἀ. λόγοις)] cloak.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.16.)]
II middle, put on oneself, dress oneself in, ἀμφιέσαντο χιτῶνας[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.142; ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἄρα.. ἑανὸν ἕσαθ᾽ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.178)]; ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἄρα.. νεφέλην ὤμοισι ἕσαντο they put cloud round their shoulders,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (20.150; γυίοις ἀμφιέσαντο κόνιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta Elegiaca - PLG” 3; λευκήν ἀμφιέσασθε σάμην “Anthologia Graeca” 12.93; ἀρετὴν ἀντὶ ἱματίων ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 457a: _absolutely_, οὐ γὰρ παρέχεις ἀμφιέσασθαι τῷ πατρί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 17D.)]