periballō · clothe, put around

What it means

periballō (περιβάλλω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “clothe, put around”.

Clothe, put a garment around; dress oneself.

How to say it

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. To cover someone with garments, or oneself.

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

How it is translated

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

• clothed ×12
• clothe ×4
• Put on ×1
• dressed ×1
• putting on him ×1
• shall we wear ×1
• they threw ×1
• wearing ×1
• wrapped ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×2
• Luke×2
• John×1
• Acts×1
• Revelation×12

• Matthew 6:29

  yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.

• Matthew 6:31

  So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

• Matthew 25:36

  naked, and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me.’

• Matthew 25:38

  And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?

• Matthew 25:43

  I was a stranger and you did not welcome me; naked, and you did not clothe me; sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.’

• Mark 14:51

  And a certain young man was following him, wearing a linen cloth over his naked body; and they seize him;

• Mark 16:5

  And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were greatly alarmed.

• Luke 12:27

  Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.

• Luke 23:11

  And Herod also, with his soldiers, treated him with contempt and mocked him; and putting splendid clothing on him, he sent him back to Pilate.

• John 19:2

  And the soldiers, having twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and they threw a purple robe around him,

• Acts 12:8

  And the angel said to him, “Fasten your belt and tie on your sandals.” And he did so. And he says to him, “Put on your cloak and follow me.”

• Revelation 3:5

  The one who conquers will thus be clothed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.

• Revelation 3:18

  I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white clothes so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be exposed, and salve to put on your eyes so that you may see.

• Revelation 4:4

  And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones twenty-four elders seated, clothed in white clothes, and on their heads golden crowns.

• Revelation 7:9

  After these things I looked, and look, a great crowd that no one could count, from every nation and tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands;

• Revelation 7:13

  And one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These, who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?”

• Revelation 10:1

  And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, and the rainbow was over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

• Revelation 11:3

  And I will grant to my two witnesses that they will prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

• Revelation 12:1

  And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;

• Revelation 17:4

  And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality,

• Revelation 18:16

  saying, “Woe, woe, the great city, that was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearl!

• Revelation 19:8

  And it was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and pure; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.”

• Revelation 19:13

  And he is clothed in a garment dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God.