"also spelled περιζωννύω, to bind around with a girdle, gird; in NT mid. to gird one’s self in preparation for bodily motion and exertion, Lk. 12:37; 17:8; to wear a girdle, Rev. 1:13; 15:6"
Definition and meaning
also spelled περιζωννύω, to bind around with a girdle, gird; in NT mid. to gird one’s self in preparation for bodily motion and exertion, Lk. 12:37; 17:8; to wear a girdle, Rev. 1:13; 15:6
In the original Greek the word is written: περιζώννυμι
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
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 perizonnymi (G4024) across the King James Bible.
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
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Common questions
Strong's G4024 (perizonnymi) is a Greek word that means: also spelled περιζωννύω, to bind around with a girdle, gird; in NT mid. to gird one’s self in preparation for bodily motion and exertion, Lk. 12:37; 17:8; to wear a girdle, Rev. 1:13; 15:6 It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word perizonnymi (G4024) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4024 is perizonnymi, a Greek word defined as: also spelled περιζωννύω, to bind around with a girdle, gird; in NT mid. to gird one’s self in preparation for bodily motion and exertion, Lk. 12:37; 1. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
perizonnymi is a Greek word found in the New Testament.