What does ἀμφιέννυμι (amphiénnymi) mean in the Bible?
ἀμφιέννυμι (amphiénnymi) is a Greek word meaning "to enrobe".
Greek · G294
ἀμφιέννυμι
To enrobe
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ἀμφιέννυμι G294
Pronunciation amphiénnymi
What does ἀμφιέννυμι (amphiénnymi) mean in the Bible?
ἀμφιέννυμι (amphiénnymi) is a Greek word meaning "to enrobe".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G294?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include clothes (2), dressed (2).
Where does ἀμφιέννυμι (amphiénnymi) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Matthew (2).
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 clothes 2× Matthew 6:30, Luke 12:28
dressed 2× Matthew 11:8, Luke 7:25
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Matthew 6:30 ἀμφιέννυσιν to clothes Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Matthew 11:8 ἠμφιεσμένον to dressed Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 7:25 ἠμφιεσμένον to dressed Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 12:28 ἀμφιέζει to clothes Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 6:30
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Matthew 2 Luke 2
Source forms
ἠμφιεσμένον 2x ēmphiesmenon Matthew 11:8, Luke 7:25
ἀμφιέζει 1x amphiezei Luke 12:28
ἀμφιέννυσιν 1x amphiennysin Matthew 6:30
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 11:8, Luke 7:25
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 2x Matthew 6:30, Luke 12:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to enrobe
Strong's G294
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to enrobe
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 6:30 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
ἀμφιέννυσιν, amfiennusin
I put on, clothe
Read verse Matthew 11:8 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Accusative Singular Masculine
ἠμφιεσμένον; hmfiesmenon
I put on, clothe
Read verse Luke 7:25 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Accusative Singular Masculine
ἠμφιεσμένον; hmfiesmenon
I put on, clothe
Read verse Luke 12:28 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
ἀμφιέννυσι, amfiennusin
I put on, clothe
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Perfect, Present Voices Passive, Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Perfect Passive Matt 11:8 · Luke 7:25 2×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Active Matt 6:30 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 2 present 2
Voice
passive 2 active 2
Mood
participle 2 indicative 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἀμφιέννυμι 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