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Strong's G1463 · Greek

ἐγκομβόομαι

egkomboomai · eng-kom-bo'-om-ahee

middle voice from 1722 and komboo (to gird); to engirdle oneself (for labor), i.e. figuratively (the apron as being a badge of servitude) to wear (in token of mutual deference)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐγ-κομβόομαι (G1463)

1 *† ἐγ-κομβόομαι , -οῦμαι ( κόμβος , a knot, whence ἐγκόμβωμα , a garment tied on over others, used especially of a frock or apron worn by slaves), to put on oneself , as a garment, gird on : ἀλλήλοις τ. ταπεινοφροσύνην (as for service, RV, cf. Thayer, s.v., but cf. also ICC , in l.), I Pe 5:5 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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