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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- 1 Samuel
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2:4
- Psalms
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18:33
- Jeremiah
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1:17; 4:8; 6:26
- Lamentations
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2:10
- Luke
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12:35; 12:37; 17:8
- Acts
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12:8
- Ephesians
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6:14
- Revelation
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1:13; 15:6
