Strong G4024περιζώννυμι
to gird
- Transliteration
- perizōnnumi
- Pronunciation
- per-id-zone'-noo-mee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
περι-ζώννυμι and -ύω
(see Veitch, see word), [in LXX chiefly for חָגַר, also for אָזַר, etc.;]
to gird (with dupl, accusative, as ὁ περιζωννύων με δύναμιν, Psa.18:32): pass., αἱ ὀσφύες περιεζωσμέναι, Luk.12:35; π. ζώνην χρυσῆν, Rev.1:13 15:6 (but see infr.). Mid., to gird oneself: Luk.12:37 17:8 (and so perh. Re, ll. with supr., cf. 1Ki.2:4); with accusative of thing(s) (figuratively), τ. ὀσφύν, Eph.6:14 (before ἐν, cf. 1Ch.15:27).†
(AS)
(see Veitch, see word), [in LXX chiefly for חָגַר, also for אָזַר, etc.;]
to gird (with dupl, accusative, as ὁ περιζωννύων με δύναμιν, Psa.18:32): pass., αἱ ὀσφύες περιεζωσμέναι, Luk.12:35; π. ζώνην χρυσῆν, Rev.1:13 15:6 (but see infr.). Mid., to gird oneself: Luk.12:37 17:8 (and so perh. Re, ll. with supr., cf. 1Ki.2:4); with accusative of thing(s) (figuratively), τ. ὀσφύν, Eph.6:14 (before ἐν, cf. 1Ch.15:27).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4024 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gird5
- girt1
- have1
- thyself1
First verses
- Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
- Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
- Luke 17:8And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
- Acts 12:8And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
- Ephesians 6:14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
- Revelation 1:13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
- Revelation 15:6And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
περι-ζώννυμι,
gird upon a person, π. τὸ ξίφος [τινί] [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 6.9.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Ἀννιβαϊκή” 20, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 40.460 (probable reading))]; gird, τὸ παιδίον probably in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus (?) 20.1)]:—more frequently in middle with perfect passive, gird oneself with, ᾤαν λουτρίδα Theopomp. Comedy texts [Refs (37)]; ἐσθῆτα, τήβεννον, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 16, “Cor.” 9)]; γυμνὸς ὢν τοῦτον τὸν ἄνδρα περιεζώσατο put him on as a defence, παρ᾽ ὑπόνοιαν for ἐπίτροπον ἐποιήσατο, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 687)]; περιεζῶσθαι τὴν φορβειάν to have their halter girded round them. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1324b16: with _dative_, - ζώσασθαι τοῖς ἐντέροις τινός 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.26 W.: _absolutely_, Κλέων.. περιζωσάμενος ἐδημηγόρησε 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 28.3; π. κοσμίως ἄνωθεν καὶ κάτωθεν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.70a)]; of a cook, περιεζωσμένος with his apron on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 174.11, compare 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 41.12 (_anapaest meter_); αἱ νῆτται περιεζωσμέναι ἐπλινθοφόρουν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1148)]; of athletes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.44.1)]; of a dancer, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.22.10.)]
gird upon a person, π. τὸ ξίφος [τινί] [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 6.9.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Ἀννιβαϊκή” 20, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 40.460 (probable reading))]; gird, τὸ παιδίον probably in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus (?) 20.1)]:—more frequently in middle with perfect passive, gird oneself with, ᾤαν λουτρίδα Theopomp. Comedy texts [Refs (37)]; ἐσθῆτα, τήβεννον, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 16, “Cor.” 9)]; γυμνὸς ὢν τοῦτον τὸν ἄνδρα περιεζώσατο put him on as a defence, παρ᾽ ὑπόνοιαν for ἐπίτροπον ἐποιήσατο, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 687)]; περιεζῶσθαι τὴν φορβειάν to have their halter girded round them. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1324b16: with _dative_, - ζώσασθαι τοῖς ἐντέροις τινός 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.26 W.: _absolutely_, Κλέων.. περιζωσάμενος ἐδημηγόρησε 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 28.3; π. κοσμίως ἄνωθεν καὶ κάτωθεν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.70a)]; of a cook, περιεζωσμένος with his apron on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 174.11, compare 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 41.12 (_anapaest meter_); αἱ νῆτται περιεζωσμέναι ἐπλινθοφόρουν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1148)]; of athletes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.44.1)]; of a dancer, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.22.10.)]