Strong's Lexicon
G1463 — ἐγκομβόομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1463 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐγκομβόομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice from G1722 and komboo "to gird" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | egkomboomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | eng-kom-boh'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to engirdle oneself (for labor) 2. (figuratively) to wear the apron as being a badge of servitude (in token of mutual deference) |
| KJV Renderings: | be clothed with |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔγκλημα (see ἐν, III. 3), ἐγκλήματος, τό (ἐγκαλέω), accusation: the crime of which one is accused, Act 25:16; ἔγκλημα ἔχειν, to have laid to one’s charge, be accused of a crime, Act 23:29. (Often in Attic writings from Sophocles and Thucydides on.) [SYNONYMS: see κατηγορέω; cf. Isocrates 16, 2 τάς μέν γάρ δίκας ὑπέρ τῶν ἰδίων ἐγκληματων λαγχανουσι, τάς δέ κατηγοριας ὑπέρ τῶν τῆς πόλεως πραγμάτων ποιοῦνται, καί πλείω χρόνον διατριβουσι τόν πατέρα μου διαβαλλοντες ἤ κτλ.]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐγκομβόομαι (be clothed with)
1 Peter 5:5
- KJV: Likewise ye younger submit yourselves unto the elder Yea all be subject one to another and be clothed with humility for God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble
- GK: ομοίως νεώτεροι υποτάγητε πρεσβυτέροις πάντες δε αλλήλοις υποτασσόμενοι την ταπεινοφροσύνην εγκομβώσασθε ότι ο θεός υπερηφάνοις αντιτάσσεται ταπεινοίς δε δίδωσι χάριν