Strong G1902ἐπενδύω

be clothed

Transliteration
ependuomai
Pronunciation
ep-en-doo'-om-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Middle voice from G1909 and G1746; to invest upon oneself: - be clothed upon.

Detailed definition

ἐπ-εν-δύω
= -δύνω (Hdt.),
to put on over; pass. (Plut., al.), to have on over, be clothed upon: 2Co.5:2-4.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1902 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • clothe2

First verses

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:2
    For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
  2. 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
ἐπεν-δύνω [ῡ]
or ἐπεν-δύω, put on over, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπὶ τοῦτον ἄλλον κιθῶνα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.195)]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (-σάμενος χιτῶνα 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.7.4; πολλὰ σώματα Aeneas Gazaeus Rhetor [{5-6th c.AD}] “Theophrastus” p.60 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus:)] —passive (with aorist 2 participle [Refs 1st c.AD+ (-δύντες 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 5.1.12))], have on over, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (ἐσθῆτας ἐπενδεδυμένοι γυναικείας τοῖς θώραξι Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Pelopidas” 11)].