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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 31 times in 30 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11 - This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - Now Ehud had made a double-edged sword about a cubit[fn] long, which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:11 - Then six hundred men of the Danites, armed for battle, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - The six hundred Danites, armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods while the priest and the six hundred armed men stood at the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:4 - “The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 - But Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner.” King David himself walked behind the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - While they were at the great rock in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was wearing his military tunic, and strapped over it at his waist was a belt with a dagger in its sheath. As he stepped forward, it dropped out of its sheath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16 - And Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, whose bronze spearhead weighed three hundred shekels[fn] and who was armed with a new sword, said he would kill David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - Wearing sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says: ‘Please let me live.’ ” The king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8 - They replied, “He had a garment of hair[fn] and had a leather belt around his waist.” The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27 - Now David was clothed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and as were the musicians, and Kenaniah, who was in charge of the singing of the choirs. David also wore a linen ephod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:39 - You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:3 - Gird your sword on your side, you mighty one; clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:6 - who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:12 - The grasslands of the wilderness overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:1 - The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength; indeed, the world is established, firm and secure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:19 - May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:11 - Tremble, you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure! Strip off your fine clothes and wrap yourselves in rags.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17 - “Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - Put on sackcloth, my people, and roll in ashes; mourn with bitter wailing as for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - “Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed! Cry out, you inhabitants of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; rush here and there inside the walls, for Molek will go into exile, together with his priests and officials.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have sprinkled dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:5 - I looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the betrothed of her youth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 - Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
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