ἀπεκδύομαι
apekdyomai · strip off, disarm
Greek word · Strong’s number G554 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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apekdyomai (ἀπεκδύομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “strip off, disarm”.
Strip off, take away another's weapons or clothing; also take off from oneself, like a garment.
How to say it
a·pek·dy·o·mai
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To remove something from oneself like an old garment.
- To take away another's weapons and power.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Having stripped ×1
- since you have stripped off ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Colossians 2:15
Having stripped the principalities and the authorities, he exposed them openly, triumphing over them in it.
- Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, since you have stripped off the old man with its practices,