KJV dictionary & concordance
1. To fasten clothing or another object around the body. 2. By extension, to prepare or make ready for action.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 29:5
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
¶ Thou therefore gird vp thy loynes, and arise and speake vnto them all that I commaund thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
1611 marginal noteOr, breake to pieces.
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
For this gird you with sackcloth; lament and howle: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned backe from vs.
1611 marginal noteChap. 6.26.
¶ O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
¶ O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallowe thy selfe in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an onely sonne, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come vpon vs.
1611 marginal noteChap.4.8. and 25.36.
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Howle, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry yee daughters of Rabbah, gird yee with sackcloth: lament and runne to and fro by the hedges: for their king shall goe into captiuitie: and his priests and his princes together.
1611 marginal noteOr, Melcom.
1611 marginal noteChap.48.7.
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