perizōnnumi (to gird)

Meaning

Usually translated “girded”, “gird himself” and “having girded yourself about”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

girded 1
he will gird himself 1
having girded yourself about 1
having girded 1
having girded himself about 1
having girded themselves with 1

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

Where it's used most

Luke 3
Revelation 2
Ephesians 1

3 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Luke 17:8And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
Ephesians 6:14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Revelation 1:13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Revelation 15:6And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.

Greek dictionary

περιζώννυμι perizōnnumi · to gird

περι-ζώννυμι and -ύω (see Veitch, see word), [in LXX chiefly for חָגַר, also for אָזַר, etc. ;] to gird (with dupl, accusative, as ὁ περιζωννύων με δύναμιν, Psa.18:32): pass., αἱ ὀσφύες περιεζωσμέναι, Luk.12:35; π. ζώνην χρυσῆν, Rev.1:13 15:6 (but see infr.). Mid., to gird oneself: Luk.12:37 17:8 (and so perh. Re, ll. with supr., cf. 1Ki.2:4); with accusative of thing(s) (figuratively), τ. ὀσφύν, Eph.6:14 (before ἐν, cf. 1Ch.15:27).† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

GIRD, noun

gurd. [Eng. a yard.]

A twitch or pang; a sudden spasm, which resembles the stroke of a rod or the pressure of a band.
In popular language, a severe stroke of a stick or whip.

All definitions and other forms of “gird”

GIRD, verb transitive

gurd. preterit tense and participle passive girded or girt.

To bind by surrounding with any flexible substance, as with a twig, a cord, bandage or cloth; as, to gird the loins with sackcloth.
To make fast by binding; to put on; usually with on; as, to gird on a harness; to gird on a sword.
To invest; to surround.
To clothe; to dress; to habit.“I girded thee about with fine linen” Ezekiel 16:10
To furnish; to equip.
To surround; to encircle; to inclose; to encompass.
To gibe; to reproach severly; to lash.

GIRD, verb intransitive

To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.

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