"to wrap up in, inwrap, envelope, Mt. 27:59; Lk. 23:53; to wrap up, roll or fold together, Jn. 20:7*"
Definition and meaning
to wrap up in, inwrap, envelope, Mt. 27:59; Lk. 23:53; to wrap up, roll or fold together, Jn. 20:7*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἐντυλίσσω
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of entylisso (G1794) across the King James Bible.
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
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Common questions
Strong's G1794 (entylisso) is a Greek word that means: to wrap up in, inwrap, envelope, Mt. 27:59; Lk. 23:53; to wrap up, roll or fold together, Jn. 20:7* It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word entylisso (G1794) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1794 is entylisso, a Greek word defined as: to wrap up in, inwrap, envelope, Mt. 27:59; Lk. 23:53; to wrap up, roll or fold together, Jn. 20:7*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
entylisso is a Greek word found in the New Testament.