STRONGS G328:
ἀναζώννυμι:
to gird up; middle
to gird up oneself or
for oneself:
ἀναζωσάμενοι τὰς ὀσφύας,
1 Peter 1:13,
i. e. prepared, — a metaphor derived from the practice of the Orientals, who in order to be unimpeded in their movements were accustomed, when about to start on a journey or engage in any work, to bind their long and flowing garments closely around their bodies and fasten them with a leathern girdle; cf.
περιζώννυμι. (
Sept. Judges 18:16; Proverbs 29:35 (
Proverbs 31:17); Dio Chrysostom or. 72, 2, edition, Emp., p. 729; Didymus, quoted in
Athen. 4, (17) p. 139 d., others.)
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