Word

ζώννυμι

zṓnnymi · G2224 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to gird, to fasten one’s belt, to wear a narrow band of cloth around the waist, to tie around the waist

To tuck up or hold a garment firmly in place by wrapping a belt, girdle, or piece of cloth around it

Examples
Acts 12:8 And the angel said to him, “Put on your belt and strap on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
to dress

To dress oneself, including the fastening of one’s belt as the final act in dressing

Examples
John 21:18 “Truly, truly I tell you, when you were younger, you used to put on your belt and walk wherever you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will put your belt on you, and bring you where you do not want to go.”
Acts 12:8 And the angel said to him, “Put on your belt and strap on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 2 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 2
ἄλλοςother, another 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

σεαυτοῦyourself 1
σύyou 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔπωto say 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

חָגַר châgar · H2296 · to be girded with, to wear (clothes, armor), to gird oneself: Hebrew חָגַר denotes the act of girding or binding (especially clothing/armor), directly corresponding to Greek ζώννυμι's core sense of binding about with a belt or garment.
אָזַר ʼâzar · H247 · to be girded, to wear, to gird oneself: אָזַר (ʼâzar, H247) is the standard Hebrew verb for girding/binding (especially garments with a belt), directly rendered by ζώννυμι (zṓnnymi, G2224) in LXX contexts where the act of binding about or girding up is in view.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To gird, to fasten one’s belt, to wear a narrow band of cloth around the waist, to tie around the waist.49.14: In Acts 12:8, the angel tells Peter in prison, “Put on your belt and strap on your sandals,” using this verb for the act of fastening a belt around the waist.
To dress49.8: In John 21:18, Jesus tells Peter, “when you were younger, you used to put on your belt and walk wherever you wanted,” using this verb for the ordinary act of dressing oneself.

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ζώνη zṓnē · G2223 · belt, girdle · 8×περιζώννυμι perizṓnnymi · G4024 · to gird oneself, to be girded, to be tied around · 6×διαζώννυμι diazṓnnymi · G1241 · to gird, to fasten one’s belt, to tie around the waist · 3×ζώννυμιzṓnnymi · G2224ἀναζώννυμι anazṓnnymi · G328 · to get one’s mind ready for action, to be ready to learn and to think, to be alert · 1×ὑποζώννυμι hypozṓnnymi · G5269 · to fasten ropes around, to brace · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon and ζωννύω: imperfect 2 person singular ἐζωνυες; fut, ζώσω; 1 aorist middle imperative…

and ζωννύω: imperfect 2 person singular ἐζωνυες; fut, ζώσω; 1 aorist middle imperative ζῶσαι; to gird: τινα, Jn 21:18; Middle to gird oneself: Acts 12:8 L T Tr WH. (Ex 29:9; Homer, et al.) (Compare: ἀναζώννυμι, διαζώννυμι, περιζώννυμι, ὑποζώννυμι.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning4 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0