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To clothe

ἀμφιέννυμιStrong’s G0294

amphiennumi

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Amphiennumi is the Greek word usually translated “clothes”, “dressed” and “arrayed”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?”
Matthew 6:30 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “clothes”, “dressed” and “arrayed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • clothes 1
  • dressed 1
  • arrayed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 2
  • Luke 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀμφιέννυμι amphiennumi · to clothe

ἀμφιέννυμι (ἕννυμι, to clothe), to clothe: Mat.6:30 11:8, Luk.7:25 (cf. ἀμφιάζω).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “clothe” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CLOTHE, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive clothed, or clad. [See Cloth.]

  1. To put on garments; to invest the body with raiment; to cover with dress, for concealing nakedness and defending the body from cold or injuries.
  2. To cover with something ornamental.
  3. To furnish with raiment; to provide with clothes; as, a master is to feed and clothe his apprentice.d
  4. To put on; to invest; to cover, as with a garment; as, to clothe thoughts with words.“I will clothe her priests with salvation” Psalms 132:16“Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags” Proverbs 23:21“Let them be clothed with shame” Psalms 35:26
All definitions and other forms of “clothe”
  1. To invest; to surround; to encompass.
  2. To invest; to give to by commission; as, to clothe with power or authority.
  3. To cover or spread over; as, the earth is clothed with verdure.

CLOTHE, verb intransitive

To wear clothes.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.