To clothe
περιβάλλωStrong’s G4016periballō
Appears in 23 verses of the New Testament
In short
Periballō is the Greek word usually translated “having clothed themselves with”, “having been clothed with” and “was adorned”. It appears in 23 verses of the New Testament.
“And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”
Meaning
Usually translated “having clothed themselves with”, “having been clothed with” and “was adorned”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having clothed themselves with 3
- having been clothed with 2
- was adorned 1
- shall we wear 1
- you clothed 1
- clothed 1
- you did clothe 1
- having himself cast 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 12
- Matthew 5
- Mark 2
- Luke 2
- John 1
- Acts 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 6:31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
- Matthew 25:36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
- Matthew 25:38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
- Matthew 25:43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
- Mark 14:51And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
- Mark 16:5And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
Greek dictionary
περιβάλλω periballō · to clothe
περι-βάλλω [in LXX chiefly for כָּסָה pi., also for לָבַשׁ, עָטָה, etc. ;] to throw around or over, put on or over; (a) of siege or defensive works: χάρακά σοι, Luk.19:43 (WH, mg.; παρεμβ-, WH, txt.); …
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.]
- 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.
- To cover with something ornamental.
- To furnish with raiment; to provide with clothes; as, a master is to feed and clothe his apprentice.d
- 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”
- To invest; to surround; to encompass.
- To invest; to give to by commission; as, to clothe with power or authority.
- 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.