Strong's Lexicon
G1902
G1902 — ἐπενδύομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1902 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπενδύομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice from G1909 and G1746 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | ependuomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-en-doo'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to invest upon oneself |
| KJV Renderings: | be clothed upon |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπενδύω: 1 aorist middle infinitive ἐπενδύσασθαι; to put on over (A. V. to be clothed upon): 2Co 5:2; 2Co 5:4. (Plutarch, Pelop. 11; actively, Josephus, Antiquities 5, 1, 12.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπενδύομαι (be clothed upon)
2 Corinthians 5:2
- KJV: For in this we groan earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house from heaven
- GK: και γαρ εν τούτω στενάζομεν το οικητήριον ημών το εξ ουρανού επενδύσασθαι επιποθούντες
2 Corinthians 5:4
- KJV: For we that are in tabernacle do groan being burdened not for that we would be unclothed but clothed that mortality might be swallowed up life
- GK: και γαρ οι όντες εν τω σκήνει στενάζομεν βαρούμενοι επειδή ου θέλομεν εκδύσασθαι αλλ΄ επενδύσασθαι ίνα καταποθή το θνητόν υπό της ζωής