What does ἐγκομβόομαι (enkombóomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐγκομβόομαι (enkombóomai): To clothe oneself with a servant's garment; the humility of self-imposed lowly service.
Greek · G1463
ἐγκομβόομαι
To clothe oneself
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ἐγκομβόομαι G1463
Pronunciation enkombóomai
What does ἐγκομβόομαι (enkombóomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐγκομβόομαι (enkombóomai): To clothe oneself with a servant's garment; the humility of self-imposed lowly service.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1463?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include clothe yourselves (1).
Where does ἐγκομβόομαι (enkombóomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Peter 5:5. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It clothe yourselves 1× 1 Peter 5:5
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First aligned row 1 Peter 5:5
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
1 Peter 1
Source forms
ἐγκομβώσασθε 1x enkombōsasthe 1 Peter 5:5
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Plural 1x 1 Peter 5:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To clothe oneself with a servant's garment; the humility of self-imposed lowly service.
Strong's G1463
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to clothe oneself
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To clothe oneself with a servant's garment; the humility of self-imposed lowly service.
(κόμβος, a knot, whence ἐγκόμβωμα, a garment tied on over others, used especially of a frock or apron worn by slaves), to put on oneself, as a garment, gird on: ἀλλήλοις τ. ταπεινοφροσύνην (as for service, RV, cf. Thayer, see word, but cf. also ICC, in l.), 1Pe.5:5.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Peter 5:5 Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Middle Deponent Imperative
ἐγκομβώσασθε· egkombwsasqe
I clothe myself
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Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
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Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Aorist Voices Middle
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Tenses
Voices
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Aorist Middle 1 Pet 5:5 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1
Voice
middle 1
Mood
imperative 1
NT Occurrences
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Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἐγκομβόομαι is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain