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To dress

ζώννυμιStrong’s G2224

zōnnumi

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Zōnnumi is the Greek word usually translated “were dressing”, “dress” and “do dress yourself”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.”
John 21:18 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “were dressing”, “dress” and “do dress yourself”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • you were dressing 1
  • will dress 1
  • do dress yourself 1

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

Where it's used most
  • John 1
  • Acts 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ζώννυμι zōnnumi · to dress

ζώννυμι and ζωννύω [in LXX chiefly for חָגַר ;] to gird: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.21:18. Mid., to gird oneself: Act.12:8 (cf. ἀνα-, δια-, περι-, ὑπο-ζώννυμι).† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

DRESS, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive dressed or drest. [Latin]

  1. To make straight or a straight line; to adjust to a right line.
  2. To adjust; to put in good order; as, to dress the beds of a garden. Genesis 2:15Deuteronomy 28:39
  3. To put in good order, as a wounded limb; to cleanse a wound, and to apply medicaments.
  4. To prepare, in a general sense; to put in the condition desired; to make suitable or fit; as, to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress a lamp; but we, in the latter case, generally use trim.
All definitions and other forms of “dress”
  1. To curry, rub and comb; as, to dress a horse; or to break or tame and prepare for service, as used by Dryden; but this is unusual.
  2. To put the body in order, or in a suitable condition; to put on clothes; as, he dressed himself for breakfast.
  3. To put on rich garments; to adorn; to deck; to embellish; as, the lady dressed herself for a ball.

DRESS, verb intransitive

  1. To arrange in a line; as, look to the right and dress
  2. To pay particular regard to dress or raiment.

DRESS, noun

  1. That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; as, the dress of a lady is modest and becoming; a gaudy dress is evidence of a false taste.
  2. A suit of clothes; as, the lady has purchased an elegant dress
  3. Splendid clothes; habit of ceremony; as a full dress
  4. Skill in adjusting dress or the practice of wearing elegant clothing; as men of dress

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.