ΠΕΡΙΖΩΣΑΙ, περιζωσαι
PERIZŌSAI, perizōsai
Sounds Like: peh-ree-ZOH-sahee
Translations: gird yourself, put on, clothe yourself, arm yourself
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΖΩΝΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and the verb ζώννυμι (zōnnumi), meaning 'to gird' or 'to belt'. It means to gird oneself, to put on a belt or garment, or metaphorically, to prepare oneself for action or to arm oneself. It is often used in the middle voice, indicating that the action is performed by the subject upon themselves.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle, Imperative, Second Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G4024 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 44:4
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 38:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 8 — 4:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΖΩΝΝΥΜΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΖΩΣΑΝΤΟ — they girded themselves, they put on a belt, they clothed themselves, they equipped themselves
- ΠΕΡΙΕΖΩΣΑΣ — you girded, you girded about, you clothed, you equipped
- ΠΕΡΙΕΖΩΣΑΤΟ — he girded, he girded himself, he put on, he wore
- ΠΕΡΙΕΖΩΣΕΝ — girded, girded about, girded around, put a belt around
- ΠΕΡΙΕΖΩΣΜΕΝΗΝ — girded, girded about, wearing a belt, dressed, a girded one, a girded woman
- ΠΕΡΙΕΖΩΣΜΕΝΟΝ — girded, girded about, clothed, dressed, wearing
- ΠΕΡΙΕΖΩΣΜΕΝΟΣ — girded, clothed, dressed, wearing
- ΠΕΡΙΕΖΩΣΜΕΝ‾Η‾ — girded, having been girded, wearing a belt, wearing a girdle
- ΠΕΡΙΕΣΖΩΣΜΕΝΗ — girded about, having been girded about, surrounded, encompassed
- ΠΕΡΙΖΩΝΝΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — girding, being girded, wearing around, putting on, being clothed
- ΠΕΡΙΖΩΝΝΥΜΙ — to gird about, to gird oneself, to put on a belt, to put on a girdle
- ΠΕΡΙΖΩΝΝΥΩΝ — girding around, girding about, equipping, surrounding
- ΠΕΡΙΖΩΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having girded, having put on a belt, having clothed oneself, having prepared oneself
- ΠΕΡΙΖΩΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having girded oneself, having put on, having dressed
- ΠΕΡΙΖΩΣΑΣ — having girded, having put on a belt, having clothed oneself, having prepared oneself
- ΠΕΡΙΖΩΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to gird oneself, to put on a belt, to prepare for action
- ΠΕΡΙΖΩΣΑΣΘΕ — gird yourselves, prepare yourselves, put on a belt, put on sackcloth
- ΠΕΡΙΖΩΣΕ — gird, gird around, gird oneself, put on, wear
- ΠΕΡΙΖΩΣΕΤΑΙ — will gird himself, will gird herself, will gird itself, will put on a belt, will prepare himself, will prepare herself, will prepare itself
- ΠΕΡΙΖΩΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will gird themselves, they will put on, they will be clothed, they will surround
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