Strong's Lexicon
G554 — ἀπεκδύομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G554 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀπεκδύομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice from G575 and G1562 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | apekduomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-ek-doo'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to divest oneself completely 2. (outwardly, externally) to despoil another completely |
| KJV Renderings: | put off, spoil |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπεκδύομαι: 1 aorist ἀπεκδυσαμην;
1. wholly to put off from oneself (ἀπό denoting separation from what is put oft): τόν παλαιόν ἄνθρωπον, Col 3:9.
2. wholly to strip off for oneself (for one’s own advantage), despoil, disarm: τινα, Col 2:15. Cf. Winers De verb. comp. etc. Part iv., p. 14f (especially Lightfoot on Col 2:15). (Josephus, Antiquities 6, 14, 2 ἀπεκδυς (but Bekker edition has μετεκδυς) τήν.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀπεκδύομαι (put off)
Colossians 2:15
- KJV: having spoiled principalities and powers he made a shew openly triumphing over them in it
- GK: απεκδυσάμενος τας αρχάς και τας εξουσίας εδειγμάτισεν εν παρρησία θριαμβεύσας αυτούς εν αυτώ
Colossians 3:9
- KJV: Lie not one to another seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds
- GK: μη ψεύδεσθε εις αλλήλους απεκδυσάμενοι τον παλαιόν άνθρωπον συν ταις πράξεσιν αυτου
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