ὁπλίζω
hoplízō · G3695 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to prepare, to make ready
(A figurative extension of meaning of ὁπλίζομαι ‘to arm oneself,’ not occurring in the NT) To prepare, with focus upon the process of equipping
Examples1 Peter 4:1 Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔννοιαway of thinking 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto+ βιόωto live 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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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἐνδύω endýō · G1746 · to clothe, to dress, to put on
- When used metaphorically with armor or military equipment (e.g., Ephesians 6:11, 14; Romans 13:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:8), ἐνδύω overlaps semantically with ὁπλίζω in the sense of equipping oneself for spiritual combat. Both denote preparing/arming oneself in these contexts, though ἐνδύω is broader (any clothing) while ὁπλίζω is specifically military.
In the other Testament 1 word
- חָלַץ châlats · H2502 · to take off, to take out, to remove
- Hebrew verb for arming/equipping (oneself) for battle, commonly used in military contexts (e.g., Numbers 32:20, 27, 29, 30, 32; Deuteronomy 3:18). Both ὁπλίζω and חָלַץ denote the act of arming or equipping for warfare, making them translation equivalents.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To prepare, to make ready77.10
- Exhorting steadfastness in suffering, 1 Peter 4:1 states “since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose,” where “arm yourselves” renders this verb, here of readying oneself with a resolve.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (1 aorist middle imperative 2 person plural ὁπλίσασθε); (ὅπλον); from Homer down; to…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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