ἐνδύω enduō

Greek word for “to put on” · Strong’s G1746 · used 27 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

ἐν-δύω; (ἐνδύνω); 1. with accusative of person(s), (WH, mg., R, mg.);

How it is translated

Glosses given for enduō in context, with how often each is used:

• may put on 4
• put on 4
• having put on 4
• do put on 3
• may have put on 2
• have put on 2
• having clothed themselves in 2
• being dressed himself 1
• having clothed himself in 1
• wearing 1
• do clothe 1
• may be clothed with 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 13 (2), 1 Corinthians 15 (2), Ephesians 6 (2), Colossians 3 (2), Matthew 6 (1), Matthew 22 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Mark 1 (1), Mark 6 (1), Mark 15 (1)

Forms

• ἐνδύσησθε 4
• ἐνδύσασθαι 3
• ἐνδυσάμενοι 3
• ἐνδεδυμένον 2
• ἐνέδυσαν 2
• ἐνδύσασθε 2
• ἐνδύσηται 2
• ἐνδεδυμένοι 2
• ἐνδεδυμένος 1
• ἐνεδύσατο 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with enduō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• περιζώννυμι perizōnnumi “to gird” 3
• ζώνη zōnē “belt/sash/girdle” 3
• ἀθανασία athanasia “immortality” 2
• θώραξ thōrax “breastplate” 2
• ἱμάτιον himation “clothing” 3
• ἐκδύω ekduō “to strip” 2
• θνητός thnētos “mortal” 2
• φθαρτός phthartos “perishable” 2
• ἔνδυμα enduma “clothing” 2
• ὀσφῦς osphus “loins” 2
• ἀφθαρσία aphtharsia “incorruptibility” 2
• ἐμπαίζω empaizō “to mock” 2

Key verses

The verses using enduō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:25 — Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the…
• Matthew 22:11 — And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
• Luke 15:22 — But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
• Romans 13:12 — The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
• Romans 13:14 — But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
• Galatians 3:27 — For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
• Ephesians 4:24 — And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
• Ephesians 6:11 — Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
• Colossians 3:10 — And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
• Colossians 3:12 — Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
• 1 Thessalonians 5:8 — But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
• Revelation 19:14 — And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.