King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G328
Transliteration: anazōnnymi
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ad-zone'-noo-mee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to gird up
Meaning: to gird up
ἀναζώννυμι: to gird up; middle to gird up oneself or for oneself: ἀναζωσάμενοι τάς ὀσφύας, 1 Peter 1:13, i. e. prepared — a metaphor derived from the practice of the Orientals, who in order to be unimpeded in their movements were accustomed, when about to start on a journey or engage in any work, to bind their long and flowing garments closely around their bodies and fasten them with a leathern girdle; cf. περιζώννυμι. (the Sept. Judges 18:16; Proverbs 29:35 (); Dio Chrysostom or. 72, 2, edition, Emp., p. 729; Didymus, quoted in Athen. 4 (17), p. 139 d., others.)
Word Summary
anazōnnymi: to gird up
Original Word: ἀναζώννυμιTransliteration: anazōnnymi
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ad-zone'-noo-mee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to gird up
Meaning: to gird up
Strong's Concordance
gird up. From ana and zonnumi; to gird afresh -- gird up.
see GREEK ana
see GREEK zonnumi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 328: ἀναζώννυμιἀναζώννυμι: to gird up; middle to gird up oneself or for oneself: ἀναζωσάμενοι τάς ὀσφύας, 1 Peter 1:13, i. e. prepared — a metaphor derived from the practice of the Orientals, who in order to be unimpeded in their movements were accustomed, when about to start on a journey or engage in any work, to bind their long and flowing garments closely around their bodies and fasten them with a leathern girdle; cf. περιζώννυμι. (the Sept. Judges 18:16; Proverbs 29:35