Hebrew

To gird

שָׁנַסStrong’s H8151

shanas (sha-nas)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Shanas is the Hebrew word usually translated “girded up”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.”

Meaning

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

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1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

שָׁנַס shanas · to gird

(Piel) to gird up

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

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.

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