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ἀναζώννυμι

anazṓnnymi · G328 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. to get one’s mind ready for action, to be ready to learn and to think, to be alert

    (An idiom, literally: to bind up the loins of the mind) To prepare oneself for learning and thinking

    Examples

    1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

How it’s used In 2 roles

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Who or what does itSubject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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In the other Testament 1 word
חָגַר châgar · H2296 · to be girded with, to wear (clothes, armor), to gird oneself
חָגַר (châgar, H2296) is the standard Hebrew verb for girding/binding clothing, which ἀναζώννυμι (anazṓnnymi, G328) specifically renders in LXX contexts with the intensified sense of girding afresh or girding up again (the ἀνα- prefix adds the re-/up- nuance to ζώννυμι 'gird').
Semantic domains 1 entry
To get one’s mind ready for action, to be ready to learn and to think, to be alert27.55
In 1 Peter 1:13, Peter urges, “prepare your minds for action (anazōsámenoi), keep sober in spirit, set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you,” using the image of girding up loose clothing to describe mental readiness.
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×ζώννυμι zṓnnymi · G2224 · to gird, to fasten one’s belt, to tie around the waist · 3×ἀναζώννυμιanazṓnnymi · G328ὑποζώννυμι hypozṓnnymi · G5269 · to fasten ropes around, to brace · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : to gird up; middle to gird up oneself or for oneself: ἀναζωσάμενοι τάς ὀσφύας, 1 Pet…
: to gird up; middle to gird up oneself or for oneself: ἀναζωσάμενοι τάς ὀσφύας, 1 Pet 1:13, i. e. prepared — a metaphor derived from the practice of the Orientals, who in order to be unimpeded in their movements were accustomed, when about to start on a journey or engage in any work, to bind their long and flowing garments closely around their bodies and fasten them with a leathern girdle; cf. περιζώννυμι. (the Sept. Judg 18:16; Proverbs 29:35; Dio Chrysostom or. 72, 2, edition, Emp., p. 729; Didymus, quoted in Athen. 4 (17), p. 139 d., others.)

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Be Ready To Learn, Pay Attention1 occurrence

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

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