G554: ἀπεκδύομαι
apekdýomai · “to take off”
Definition
to divest wholly oneself, or (for oneself) despoil
KJV translates it as: put off, spoil
Word origin: middle voice from G575 (ἀπό) and G1562 (ἐκδύω);
Extended definition
ἀπ-εκ-δύω
to strip off clothes or arms; mid., to strip off from oneself: Col.3:9; to strip, despoil (mid, for act., ICC, in l; but cf. Lft., Ellic.), Col.2:15.†
(AS)
to strip off clothes or arms; mid., to strip off from oneself: Col.3:9; to strip, despoil (mid, for act., ICC, in l; but cf. Lft., Ellic.), Col.2:15.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G554 is translated
- having disarmed ×1
- having put off ×1
Bible verses with G554 (apekdýomai)
Apekdýomai appears in 2 verses.
- Colossians 2:15
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
- Colossians 3:9
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;