περιβάλλω periballō

Greek word for “to clothe” · Strong’s G4016 · used 23 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

περι-βάλλω; to throw around or over, put on or over;

How it is translated

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

• having clothed themselves with 3
• having been clothed with 2
• adorned 1
• shall we wear? 1
• clothed 1
• clothed you? 1
• did clothe 1
• having himself cast 1
• having clothed himself in 1
• arrayed 1
• having put on 1
• cast around 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 25 (3), Matthew 6 (2), Revelation 3 (2), Revelation 7 (2), Revelation 19 (2), Mark 14 (1), Mark 16 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 23 (1), John 19 (1)

Forms

• περιβεβλημένη 3
• περιεβάλετο 2
• περιεβάλετέ 2
• περιβεβλημένος 2
• περιβεβλημένον 2
• περιβεβλημένους 2
• περιβεβλημένοι 2
• περιβαλώμεθα 1
• περιεβάλομεν 1
• περιβαλὼν 1

Words used with it

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

• λευκός leukos “white” 6
• ἱμάτιον himation “clothing” 6
• γυμνός gumnos “naked” 4
• πορφύρεος porphureos “purple” 3
• στολή stolē “robe” 3
• χρυσίον chrusion “gold” 3
• κεφαλή kephalē “head” 4
• στέφανος stephanos “crown” 3
• χρυσόω chrusoō “to gild” 2
• βύσσινος bussinos “fine linen” 2
• κόκκινος kokkinos “scarlet” 2
• μαργαρίτης margaritēs “pearl” 2

Key verses

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

• Luke 23:11 — And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
• Revelation 3:5 — He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my…
• Revelation 3:18 — I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy…
• Revelation 4:4 — And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their…
• Revelation 7:9 — After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and…
• Revelation 7:13 — And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
• Revelation 10:1 — And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet…
• Revelation 11:3 — And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
• Revelation 12:1 — And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
• Revelation 17:4 — And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of…
• Revelation 19:8 — And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
• Revelation 19:13 — And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

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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.