Original Word: ἀμφιέννυμι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: amphiennumi
Pronunciation: am-fee-EN-noo-mee
Phonetic Spelling: (am-fee-en'-noo-mee)
Definition: To clothe, to dress, to put on
Meaning: I put on, clothe.

Word Origin: From the Greek prefix ἀμφί (amphi, meaning "around" or "on both sides") and the verb ἕννυμι (hennumi, meaning "to clothe" or "to put on").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of clothing or being clothed is לָבַשׁ (labash, Strong's Hebrew 3847), which also means to put on garments or to be clothed.

Usage: The verb ἀμφιέννυμι is used in the New Testament to describe the act of putting on clothing or being dressed. It conveys the idea of being fully clothed or enveloped in garments. This term emphasizes the completeness and thoroughness of being dressed, often with a sense of preparation or readiness.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Greco-Roman world, clothing was not only a necessity but also a symbol of status, identity, and role. The act of dressing oneself or being dressed by others could signify various social or religious functions. Clothing was often used metaphorically in Scripture to represent spiritual truths, such as righteousness, salvation, or readiness for service.

Word Origin
from the same as amphoteroi and hennumi (to enrobe, clothe)
Definition
to clothe
NASB Translation
clothes (1), dressed (2).

STRONGS NT 294: ἀμφιάζω

ἀμφιάζω; (from ἀμφί, literally, to put around); to put on, clothe: in Luke 12:28 L WH ἀμφιάζει for Rec. ἀμφιέννυσι. (A later Greek word; the Sept. (2 Kings 17:9 Alex.); Job 29:14; (); ; Psalm 72:6 Symm.; several times in Themistius; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 112; (Veitch, under the word; Buttmann, 49 (42f); Stephanus' Thesaurus, under the word, col. 201 c. quotes from Cram. Anecdot. Ox. vol. ii., p. 338, 31 τό μέν ἀμφιέζω ἐστι κοινῶς, τό δέ ἀμφιάζω Δωρικὸν, ὥσπερ τό ὑποπιέζω καί ὑποπιάζω).) Cf. ἀμφιέζω.

STRONGS NT 294: ἀμφιέζωἀμφιέζω, equivalent to ἀμφιέννυμι; in Luke 12:28 ἀμφιέζει T Tr. Cf. ἀμφιάζω.

STRONGS NT 294: ἀμφιέννυμιἀμφιέννυμι; perfect passive ἠμφίεσμαι; (ἕννυμι); (from Homer down); to put on, to clothe: Luke 12:28 (R G; cf. ἀμφιέζω); Matthew 6:30; ἐν τίνι (Buttmann, 191 (166)), Luke 7:25; Matthew 11:8.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

clothe.

From the base of amphoteros and hennumi (to invest); to enrobe -- clothe.

see GREEK amphoteros

Forms and Transliterations

αμφιαζει ἀμφιάζει αμφίασαι ἀμφιέζει αμφιέννυσι αμφιεννυσιν αμφιέννυσιν ἀμφιέννυσιν ημφιασάμην ημφίεσαντο ημφιεσμενον ημφιεσμένον ἠμφιεσμένον amphiennusin amphiennysin amphiénnysin amphiezei amphiézei emphiesmenon emphiesménon ēmphiesmenon ēmphiesménon

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