Lexical Summary anazōnnymi: to gird up Original Word: ἀναζώννυμιTransliteration: anazōnnymi Phonetic Spelling: (an-ad-zone'-noo-mee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to gird up Meaning: to gird up Strong's Concordance gird up. From ana and zonnumi; to gird afresh -- gird up. see GREEK ana see GREEK zonnumi Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 328: ἀναζώννυμιἀναζώννυμι: to gird up; middle to gird up oneself or for oneself: ἀναζωσάμενοι τάς ὀσφύας, 1 Peter 1:13, i. e. prepared — a metaphor derived from the practice of the Orientals, who in order to be unimpeded in their movements were accustomed, when about to start on a journey or engage in any work, to bind their long and flowing garments closely around their bodies and fasten them with a leathern girdle; cf. περιζώννυμι. (the Sept. Judges 18:16; Proverbs 29:35 |