G4024: περιζώννυμι
perizṓnnymi · “to gird”
Definition
to gird all around, i.e. (middle voice or passive) to fasten on one's belt (literally or figuratively)
KJV translates it as: gird (about, self)
Extended definition
(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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4024 is translated
- girded ×1
- he will gird himself ×1
- having girded yourself about ×1
- having girded ×1
- having girded himself about ×1
- having girded themselves with ×1
Bible verses with G4024 (perizṓnnymi)
Perizṓnnymi appears in 6 verses.
- Luke 12:35
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
- Luke 12:37
Blessed 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 17:8
And 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?
- Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
- Revelation 1:13
And 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 15:6
And 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.