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Lexicon :: Strong's G4024 - perizōnnymi

Aa
περιζώννυμι
Transliteration
perizōnnymi (Key)
Pronunciation
per-id-zone'-noo-mee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:302,702

Strong’s Definitions

περιζώννυμι perizṓnnymi, per-id-zone'-noo-mee; from G4012 and G2224; to gird all around, i.e. (middle voice or passive) to fasten on one's belt (literally or figuratively):—gird (about, self).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G4024 in the following manner: gird (one's) self (3x), be girded about (1x), have girded (1x), have girded about (1x), be girt (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G4024 in the following manner: gird (one's) self (3x), be girded about (1x), have girded (1x), have girded about (1x), be girt (1x).

  1. to fasten garments with a girdle or belt

  2. to gird one's self

  3. metaph. with truth as a girdle

    1. to equip one's self with knowledge of the truth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
περιζώννυμι perizṓnnymi, per-id-zone'-noo-mee; from G4012 and G2224; to gird all around, i.e. (middle voice or passive) to fasten on one's belt (literally or figuratively):—gird (about, self).
STRONGS G4024:
περιζωννύω, or περιζώννυμι: middle, 1 future περιζώσομαι; 1 aorist imperative περίζωσαι, participle περιζωσάμενος; perfect passive participle περιεζωσμένος; to gird around (περί, III. 1); to fasten garments with a girdle: τήν ὀσφύν, to fasten one's clothing about the loins with a girdle (Jeremiah 1:17), passive, Luke 12:35. Middle to gird oneself: absolutely, Luke 12:37; Luke 17:8; Acts 12:8 Rec.; τήν ὀσφύν ἐν ἀλήθεια, with truth as a girdle, figuratively equivalent to to equip oneself with knowledge of the truth, Ephesians 6:14; with an accusative of the thing with which one girds himself (often so in the Sept., as σάκκον, Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 6:26; Lamentations 2:10; στολήν δόξης, Sir. 45:7; and in tropical expressions, δύναμιν, εὐφροσύνην, 1 Samuel 2:4; Psalm 17:33 (Ps. 18:33); (Buttmann, § 135, 2)): πρός τοῖς μαστοῖς ζώνην, Revelation 1:13; ζώνας περί τά στήθη, Revelation 15:6. (Aristophanes, Polybius, Pausanias, Plutarch, others; the Sept. for חָגַר and אָזַר). Cf. ἀναζώννυμι.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
2:4
Psalms
18:33
Jeremiah
1:17; 4:8; 6:26
Lamentations
2:10
Luke
12:35; 12:37; 17:8
Acts
12:8
Ephesians
6:14
Revelation
1:13; 15:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4024 matches the Greek περιζώννυμι (perizōnnymi),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:35 - Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37 - Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:8 - Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:14 - Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:13 - And in the middle of them one like a son of man, clothed with a robe down to his feet, and with a band of gold round his breasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:6 - And the seven angels who had the seven punishments came out from the house of God, clothed with linen, clean and bright and with bands of gold about their breasts.
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