περιζώννυμι

perizōnnymi · put on a belt

Greek word · Strong’s number G4024 · appears 6 times in the Bible

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What it means

perizōnnymi (περιζώννυμι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “put on a belt”.

Fasten a belt around, gird oneself, get ready for work or travel.

How to say it

pe·ri·zōn·ny·mi

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

  1. Tie up one's clothes with a belt to work or serve.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • girded ×2
  • wrapped ×2
  • he will gird himself ×1
  • tie up your robe ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Luke 12:35

    Let your waists be girded and your lamps burning,

  • Luke 12:37

    Happy are those slaves whom the master will find awake when he comes. Truly I tell you that he will gird himself and have them recline at table and will come and serve them.

  • Luke 17:8

    Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare what I may have for supper, and tie up your robe and serve me while I eat and drink, and after that you will eat and drink’?

  • Ephesians 6:14

    Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

  • Revelation 1:13

    and in the middle of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet and wrapped around the chest with a golden sash.

  • Revelation 15:6

    and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the sanctuary, clothed in pure bright linen, and wrapped around their chests with golden sashes.