Strong G1562ἐκδύω

to strip

Transliteration
ekduō
Pronunciation
ek-doo'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1537 and the base of G1416; to cause to sink out of that is (specifically as of clothing) to divest: - strip take off from unclothe.

Detailed definition

ἐκ-δύω
[in LXX chiefly for פָּשַׁט;]
to take of, strip of, strip: with accusative of person(s) (sc. clothing), Mat.27:28; with accusative of person(s) and of thing(s), Mat.27:31, Mrk.15:20, Luk.10:30; mid., to put off: figuratively, of the body, 2Co.5:4.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1562 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • strip2
  • take2
  • from1
  • off1
  • raiment1
  • unclothe1

First verses

  1. Matthew 27:28
    And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
  2. Matthew 27:31
    And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
  3. Mark 15:20
    And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
  4. Luke 10:30
    And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
  5. 2 Corinthians 5:4
    For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκδύω
(ἐκδύνω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9, etc.))]:
I causal in present ἐκδύω: imperfect ἐξέδυον· future ἐκδύσω: aorist 1 ἐξέδῡσα: late perfect ἐκδέδῠκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.72 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus))]:— take off, strip off, with double accusative person et of things, ἐκ μέν με χλαῖναν ἔδυσαν they stripped me of my cloak, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.341; ἐκδύων ἐμὲ..ἐσθῆτα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1269; ἐκδύσας αὐτὸν [τὸν χιτῶνα] 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.17)]: with accusative only, strip, πάντας ἐ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.204; ἐξέδυσαν [ἐκεῖνον] [prev. author] 54.8.)]
I.2 passive, ἐκδύομαι, aorist 1 ἐξεδύθην [ῠ]: perfect ἐκδέδῠμαι:—to be stripped of a thing, τὸν χιτωνίσκον ἐκδεδύσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.10; [Μαρσύας] τὸ δέπμα ἐκδύεται 4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 47)]: absolutely, to be stripped, ἐκδυθῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.5, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.27.9.)]
I.3 middle, ἐκδύομαι, Cretan dialect ἐσδ- [Refs (“GDI” 5100,)]future -δύσομαι: aorist 1 ἐξεδυσάμην:—strip oneself of a thing, put off, τεύχεά τ᾽ ἐξεδύοντο they were putting off their armour, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.114)]; ἐκδύσασθαι (to be read -δύσεσθαι) τὸν κιθῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.106; ἐκδεδύσθαι θοἰμάτιον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.35; θηρία ἐκδύεται τὸ ἄγριον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 28)]: absolutely, put off one's clothes, strip, θᾶττον ἐκδυώμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 686, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.19)]; technically, of ephebi, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 527.99 (Dreros, 3rd c.BC), “GDI” 5100: _metaphorically_ of death, NT.2Cor.5.4.)]
II active in middle sense, put off, μαλακὸν δ᾽ ἔκδυνε χιτῶνα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.437; ἐκδὺς χλαῖναν 14.460; τῶν ἱματίων κατὰ ἓν ἕκαστον ἐκδύνουσα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9: _metaphorically_, τὸ γῆρας ἐκδύς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 336, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 600b15; τὸ κέλυφος [prev. work] 549b25)]:—passive, of the clothes, to be put off, ἅμα κιθῶνι ἐκδυομένῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8.)]
III aorist 2 ἐξέδυν: perfect ἐκδέδῡκα:—go or get out of, with genitive, ἐκδὺς μεγάροιο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.334; ἐκδὺς καὶ ἀνακύψας τῆς θαλάσσης)]emerging from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 109d: _metaphorically_, ἐξέδυ δίκης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 416; ἐκδῦναι κακῶν [prev. author] “IT” 602.)]
III.2 perfect and aorist 2 with accusative, escape, shun, νῶϊν δ᾽ ἐκδῦμεν ὄλεθρον [grant] us to escape.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.99; ἐκδεδυκέναι τὰς λῃτουργίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.1; τὸν φθόνον ἐκδύς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 30; τὴν ἀληθινὴν οὐσίαν ἐκδεδυκέναι ταῦτα 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.6.8.)]
III.3 absolutely, escape, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 358)]; escape one's memory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.147e.)]