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Strong's G4024 περιζώννυμι (perizonnymi)

perizonnumi - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4024 — migdol in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4024
Language Greek
Linked Usages 42
Books 21

Strong's G4024 Quick Answer

Strong's G4024 περιζώννυμι (perizonnumi) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. perizonnumi (per-id-zone'-noo-mee) v. 1. to gird all around 2. (middle voice or passive) to fasten on one's belt It has 42 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include gird, girded, about, and one. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
perizonnumi (per-id-zone'-noo-mee) v. 1. to gird all around 2. (middle voice or passive) to fasten on one's belt
Usage
42 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
gird, girded, about, and one

Meaning and Definition

perizonnumi (per-id-zone'-noo-mee) v. 1. to gird all around 2. (middle voice or passive) to fasten on one's belt {literally or figuratively} [from G4012 and G2224] KJV: gird (about, self) Root(s): G4012, G2224

Original Word
περιζώννυμι
Transliteration
perizonnumi
Derivation
Root: ζώννυμι R1: 4012 R2: 2224
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4024. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to gird

Usage: περι-ζώννυμι and -ύω (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).† (AS)

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How Strong's G4024 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render perizonnumi, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

gird Luke 12:37 girded Luke 12:35 about Ephesians 6:14 one Revelation 1:13

How Strong's G4024 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 32 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4024 (περιζώννυμι) appears 36 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4024 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4024 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 12:35 KJV

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

Luke 12:37 KJV

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.

Luke 17:8 KJV

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?

Strong's G4024 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

32 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 12:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And thus shall ye eat it: your loins girded, and your sandals on your feet, and your staffs in your hands, and ye shall eat it in haste. It is a Passover to the Lord.

Judges 3:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And Ehud made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.

1 Kingdoms 2:4 Septuagint / Brenton

The bow of the mighty has waxed feeble, And the weak have girded themselves with strength.

Strong's G4024 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 4:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And Joakim the high priest, and all the priests that stood before the Lord, and they which ministered unto the Lord, had their loins girded with sackcloth, and offered the daily burnt offerings, with the vows and free gifts of the people,

1 Maccabees 3:58 Septuagint / Brenton

And Judas said, Arm yourselves, and be valiant men, and see that ye be in readiness against the morning, that ye may fight with these nations, that are assembled together against us to destroy us and our sanctuary:

Wisdom of Sirach 45:7 Septuagint / Brenton

An everlasting covenant he made with him, And gave him the priesthood among the people; He beautified him with comely ornaments, And clothed him with a robe of glory.

Usage Excerpts

First 42 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4024.

Exodus 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thus shall ye eat it: your loins girded, and your sandals on your feet, and your staffs in your hands, and ye shall eat it in haste. It is a Passover to the Lord.
Judges 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ehud made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.
1 Kingdoms 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The bow of the mighty has waxed feeble, And the weak have girded themselves with strength.
1 Kingdoms 2:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girded with a linen ephod.
2 Kingdoms 3:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Joab and to all the people with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament before Abner. And King David followed the bier.
2 Kingdoms 20:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they were by the great stone that is in Gibeon: and Amasa went in before them: and Joab had upon him a military cloak over his apparel, and over it he was girded with a dagger fastened upon his loins in its scabbard: and the dagger came out, it even came out and fell.
2 Kingdoms 21:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ishbi, who was of the progeny of Rapha, and the head of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, who also was girded with a club, even he thought to smite David.
3 Kingdoms 21:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So they girded sackcloth upon their loins, and put ropes upon their heads, and said to the king of Israel, Thy servant the son of Hadad says, Let our souls live, I pray thee. And he said, Does he yet live? He is my brother.
4 Kingdoms 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to him, He was a hairy man, and girded with a leathern girdle about his loins. And he said, This is Elijah the Tishbite.
4 Kingdoms 3:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all Moab heard that the three kings were come up to fight against them; and they cried out on every side, even all that were girded with a girdle, and they said, Ho! and stood upon the border.
1 Chronicles 15:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David was girded with a fine linen robe, and all the Levites who were bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the band of singers; also upon David there was a robe of fine linen.
Psalms 17:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is God that girds me with strength, And has made my way blameless:
Psalms 17:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou hast girded me with strength for war: Thou hast beaten down under me all that rose up against me.
Psalms 29:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast turned my mourning into joy for me: Thou hast rent off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Psalms 44:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, In thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;
Psalms 64:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who dost establish the mountains in thy strength, Being girded about with power;
Psalms 64:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched; And the hills shall gird themselves with joy.
Psalms 92:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the day before the Sabbath, when the land was first inhabited, the praise of a Song by David. The Lord reigns; he has clothed himself with honor: The Lord has clothed and girded himself with strength; For he has established the world, which shall not be moved.
Psalms 108:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, And as a girdle with which he girds himself continually.
Isaiah 3:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be instead of a sweet smell, dust; and instead of a girdle, thou shalt gird thyself with a rope; and instead of a golden ornament for the head, thou shalt have baldness on account of thy works; and instead of a tunic with a scarlet ground, thou shalt gird thyself with sackcloth.
Isaiah 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Gird yourselves with sackcloth in her streets: and lament upon her roofs, and in her streets, and in her ways; howl all of you with weeping.
Isaiah 32:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be amazed, be pained, ye confident ones: strip you, bare yourselves, gird your loins;
Jeremiah 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And do thou gird up thy loins, and stand up, and speak all the words that I shall command thee: be not afraid of their face, neither be thou alarmed before them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For these things gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, and howl: for the anger of the Lord is not turned away from you.
Jeremiah 6:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O daughter of my people, gird thyself with sackcloth: sprinkle thyself with ashes; make for thyself pitiable lamentation, as the mourning for a beloved son: for misery will come suddenly upon you.
Jeremiah 30:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai has perished; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament; for Milcom shall go into banishment, his priests and his princes together.
Lamentations 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The elders of the daughter of Zion Have sat upon the ground, They have kept silence: They have cast up dust upon their heads; They have girded themselves with sackcloth: They have brought down to the ground The chief virgins in Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall gird themselves with sackcloth, and amazement shall cover them; and shame shall be upon them, even upon every face, and baldness upon every head.
Ezekiel 44:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall have linen miters upon their heads, and shall have linen drawers upon their loins; and they shall not tightly gird themselves.
Daniel 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man clothed in linen, and his loins were girded with gold of Uphaz:
Joel 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lament to me more than a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Joel 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests: mourn, ye that serve at the altar: go in, sleep in sackcloth, ye that minister to God: for the meat offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.
Luke 12:35 New Testament, KJV
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Luke 12:37 New Testament, KJV
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.
Luke 17:8 New Testament, KJV
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?
Acts 12:8 New Testament, KJV
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.
Ephesians 6:14 New Testament, KJV
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Revelation 1:13 New Testament, KJV
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.
Revelation 15:6 New Testament, KJV
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.
Judith 4:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joakim the high priest, and all the priests that stood before the Lord, and they which ministered unto the Lord, had their loins girded with sackcloth, and offered the daily burnt offerings, with the vows and free gifts of the people,
1 Maccabees 3:58 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judas said, Arm yourselves, and be valiant men, and see that ye be in readiness against the morning, that ye may fight with these nations, that are assembled together against us to destroy us and our sanctuary:
Wisdom of Sirach 45:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
An everlasting covenant he made with him, And gave him the priesthood among the people; He beautified him with comely ornaments, And clothed him with a robe of glory.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4024, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4024 FAQ

What does perizonnymi (περιζώννυμι) mean?

Strong's G4024 is a Greek entry for G4024 περιζώννυμι (perizonnumi). perizonnumi (per-id-zone'-noo-mee) v. 1. to gird all around 2. (middle voice or passive) to fasten on one's belt

How many times is perizonnymi (περιζώννυμι) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 42 linked usages for Strong's G4024 across 21 books.

Where can I study perizonnymi (περιζώννυμι) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4024 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate perizonnymi (περιζώννυμι)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as gird, girded, about, and one. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4024 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 32 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4024, with linked reader references where each row is available.