Bible Dictionary: Girding

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gird.

2. (n.) That with which one is girded; a girdle.

Greek

328. anazonnumi -- to gird up
... an-ad-zone'-noo-mee) Short Definition: I gird up, brace up Definition: I gird up,
brace up (with a view to active exertion); a metaphor from the girding of the ...
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4612. simikinthion -- (a workman's) apron
... apron. Of Latin origin; a semicinctium or half-girding, ie Narrow covering (apron) --
apron. (simikinthia) -- 1 Occurrence. 4611, 4612. simikinthion. 4613 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4228. machagoreth -- girding, cincture
... 4227, 4228. machagoreth. 4229 . girding, cincture. Transliteration: machagoreth
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-ag-o'-reth) Short Definition: donning. ... girding. ...
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642. aphuddah -- an ephod
... ephod, ornament. Feminine of 'ephowd; a girding on (of the ephod); hence, generally,
a plating (of metal) -- ephod, ornament. see HEBREW 'ephowd. 641, 642. ...
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Library

Psalm XCIII.
... 3. Perhaps we should enquire respecting this word also, why he said, "He is girded."
Girding signifieth work: for every man then girdeth himself, when he is ...
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Youth and Age, and the Command for Both
... The act of girding implies preparation for action, and may be widened out to express
that most blessed prerogative of youth, the cherishing of bright ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/youth and age and the.htm

Statement of the Reasons Wherefore the Matters, Treated of Shortly ...
... Footnotes: [2097] Lat. "In procinctu," which is primarily a military phrase, procinctus
meaning "girding up" or "girdle," the expression having reference to ...
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The Servant-Lord
... First, the girding, assuming the servant's attire; then the leading of the guests,
wondering and silent, to the couches where they can recline; then the coming ...
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Conclusion.
... Peter, springing up in the boat, and snatching his fisher's coat, and girding it
round him, and dashing into the water, seemed to Jesus a picture of impetuous ...
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The Equipment of the Servants
... The girding up of the loins is not only the symbol of concentration and detachment,
but of that for which the concentration and the detachment are needful"viz ...
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Hope Perfectly
... of my text, that, accurately translated, the two exhortations which precede that
to hope are subsidiary to it, for we ought to read, 'Wherefore, girding up the ...
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The Greek Theogony Exposed.
... What seemliness is there in a woman's girding herself with armour, or in a man's
decorating himself with cymbals, and garlands, and female attire, and ...
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God Has Everything to do with Prayer
... Savior. He needs no decoration to heighten His beauty, no prop to increase
His stability, no girding to perfect His strength. Who ...
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An Exhortation to virtue.
... Chapter II."An exhortation to virtue. "Wherefore, girding up your loins," [344]
"serve the Lord in fear" [345] and truth, as those who have forsaken the vain ...
/.../chapter ii an exhortation to virtue.htm

Thesaurus

Girding (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gird. 2. (n.) That with which
one is girded; a girdle. Multi-Version Concordance Girding (8 Occurrences). ...
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Under-girding (1 Occurrence)
Under-girding. Undergirding, Under-girding. Undergo . Multi-Version
Concordance Under-girding (1 Occurrence). Acts 27 ...
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Girdle (44 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 3:21 and all Moab have heard that the kings have come up to fight against
them, and they are called together, from every one girding on a girdle and ...
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Girdeth (11 Occurrences)

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Kindling (4 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 50:11 Lo, all ye kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk ye in the light
of your fire, And in the sparks ye have caused to burn, From my hand hath this ...
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Nob (6 Occurrences)
... After being supplied with the sacred loaves of showbread, and girding on the sword
of Goliath, which was brought forth from behind the ephod, David fled from ...
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Undergirding
Undergirding. Undergird, Undergirding. Under-girding . Int. ... See SHIPS AND BOATS,
III, 2. Undergird, Undergirding. Under-girding . Reference Bible.
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Offensive (15 Occurrences)
... smell there shall be an offensive odor; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead
of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth ...
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Loosing (7 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 20:11 And the king of Israel answereth and saith, 'Speak ye: let not him
who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing 'his armour'.' (YLT). ...
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Lamentation (45 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 22:12 And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and
to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: (See JPS YLT). ...
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Bible Concordance

Girding (8 Occurrences)

John 21:18 verily, verily, I say to thee, When thou wast younger, thou wast girding thyself and wast walking whither thou didst will, but when thou mayest be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another will gird thee, and shall carry 'thee' whither thou dost not will;'
(YLT)

1 Peter 1:13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
(ASV)

1 Kings 20:11 And the king of Israel answereth and saith, 'Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing 'his armour'.'
(YLT)

2 Kings 3:21 and all Moab have heard that the kings have come up to fight against them, and they are called together, from every one girding on a girdle and upward, and they stand by the border.
(YLT)

Psalms 18:32 God! who is girding me 'with' strength, And He maketh perfect my way.
(YLT)

Isaiah 3:24 It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Isaiah 22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Isaiah 50:11 Lo, all ye kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk ye in the light of your fire, And in the sparks ye have caused to burn, From my hand hath this been to you, In grief ye lie down!
(YLT)

Subtopics

Girding

Related Terms

Under-girding (1 Occurrence)

Girdle (44 Occurrences)

Girdeth (11 Occurrences)

Kindling (4 Occurrences)

Nob (6 Occurrences)

Undergirding

Offensive (15 Occurrences)

Loosing (7 Occurrences)

Lamentation (45 Occurrences)