What does περιζώννυμι (perizṓnnymi) mean in the Bible?
περιζώννυμι (perizṓnnymi): To gird loins or garments in preparation for action or service, often figurative for readiness.
Greek · G4024
περιζώννυμι
To gird
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περιζώννυμι G4024
Pronunciation perizṓnnymi
What does περιζώννυμι (perizṓnnymi) mean in the Bible?
περιζώννυμι (perizṓnnymi): To gird loins or garments in preparation for action or service, often figurative for readiness.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4024?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (1), around (1), buckled around (1), dress yourself (1), girded with (1).
Where does περιζώννυμι (perizṓnnymi) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 12:35. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Revelation (2), Ephesians (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 . . . 1× Luke 12:35
around 1× Revelation 1:13
buckled around 1× Ephesians 6:14
dress yourself 1× Luke 17:8
girded with 1× Revelation 15:6
he will dress himself to serve 1× Luke 12:37
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Luke 12:35 περιεζωσμέναι to . . . Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Plural Luke 12:37 περιζώσεται to he will dress himself to serve Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Luke 17:8 περιζωσάμενος to dress yourself Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular Ephesians 6:14 περιζωσάμενοι to buckled around Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural Revelation 1:13 περιεζωσμένον to around Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular Revelation 15:6 περιεζωσμένοι to girded with Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 12:35
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
Luke 3 Ephesians 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
περιεζωσμέναι 1x periezōsmenai Luke 12:35
περιεζωσμένοι 1x periezōsmenoi Revelation 15:6
περιεζωσμένον 1x periezōsmenon Revelation 1:13
περιζωσάμενοι 1x perizōsamenoi Ephesians 6:14
περιζωσάμενος 1x perizōsamenos Luke 17:8
περιζώσεται 1x perizōsetai Luke 12:37
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Ephesians 6:14
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 17:8
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 12:37
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 1:13
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x Luke 12:35
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 15:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To gird loins or garments in preparation for action or service, often figurative for readiness.
Strong's G4024
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 2 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to gird
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To gird loins or garments in preparation for action or service, often figurative for readiness.
(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).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 12:35 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Plural Feminine
περιεζωσμέναι, periezwsmenai
I gird round
Read verse Luke 12:37 Verb Third Person Singular Future Middle Indicative
περιζώσεται perizwsetai
I gird round
Read verse Luke 17:8 Verb Aorist Middle Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
περιζωσάμενος perizwsamenov
I gird round
Read verse Acts 12:8 Verb Second Person Singular Aorist Middle Imperative
Περίζωσαι perizwsai
I gird round
Read verse Ephesians 6:14 Verb Aorist Middle Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
περιζωσάμενοι perizwsamenoi
I gird round
Read verse Revelation 1:13 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Accusative Singular Masculine
περιεζωσμένον periezwsmenon
I gird round
Read verse Revelation 15:6 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
περιεζωσμένοι periezwsmenoi
I gird round
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
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Form groups 2 Aligned forms 6 Tenses Perfect, Future, Aorist Voices Passive, Middle
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 5×
Aorist Middle Luke 17:8 · Eph 6:14 2×
Perfect Middle Rev 1:13 · Rev 15:6 2×
Perfect Passive Luke 12:35 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Future Middle Luke 12:37 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 6 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 3 aorist 2 future 1
Voice
middle 5 passive 1
Mood
participle 5 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Luke 12:35 περιεζωσμέναι perfect passive participle participle Luke 12:37 περιζώσεται future middle indicative prospective Luke 17:8 περιζωσάμενος aorist middle participle participle Ephesians 6:14 περιζωσάμενοι aorist middle participle participle Revelation 1:13 περιεζωσμένον perfect middle participle participle Revelation 15:6 περιεζωσμένοι perfect middle participle participle
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)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 12:35–40 περιεζωσμέναι perizṓnnymi
Having been girded
Showing 1 selected witness from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
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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