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Strong's G4024 · Greek

περιζώννυμι

perizonnumi · per-id-zone'-noo-mee

from 4012 and 2224; to gird all around, i.e. (middle voice or passive) to fasten on one's belt (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

περι-ζώννυμι (G4024)

6 περι-ζώννυμι and -ύω (v. Veitch, s.v.) [in LXX chiefly for חגר , also for אזר , etc.;] to gird (c. dupl. acc., as ὁ περιζωννύων με δύναμιν , Ps 17 (18):32 ): pass., αἱ ὀσφύες περιεζωσμέναι , Lk 12:35 ; π. ζώνην χρυσῆν , Re 1:13 15:6 (but v. infr.). Mid., to gird oneself : Lk 12:37 17:8 (and so perh. Re 1:13 15:6 supr., cf. I Ki 2:4 ); c. acc. rei (fig.), τ. ὀσφύν , Eph 6:14 (seq. ἐν , cf. I Ch 15:27 ).†

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

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