Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
The 1611 reading
Let it be vnto him as the garment which couereth him: and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gird, meaning to fasten clothing or another object around the body.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 12:11
Complete exact-word concordance
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Let it be vnto him as the garment which couereth him: and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
¶ I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
¶ I am the LORD, and there is none els, there is no God besides me: I girded thee, though thou hast not knowen me:
1611 marginal noteDeu.4.35.39. and 32.39. chap. 44.8.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
The Elders of the daughter of Zion sit vpon the ground and keepe silence: they haue cast vp dust vpon their heads: they haue girded themselues with sackcloth: the virgins of Ierusalem hang downe their heades to the ground.
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
I clothed thee also with broidred worke, & shod thee with badgers skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I couered thee with silke.
girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
Girded with girdles vpon their loynes, exceeding in dyed attire vpon their heads, all of them princes to looke to, after the maner of the Babylonians of Caldea, the land of their natiuitie:
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
Then I lift vp mine eyes and looked, and behold, a certaine man clothed in linen, whose loynes were girded with fine gold of Uphaz.
1611 marginal noteHeb. one man.
1611 marginal noteReu.1.13,14,15.
¶ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
¶ Lament like a virgine girded with sackecloth for the husband of her youth.
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Let your loines be girded about, and your lights burning,
1611 marginal note1.Pet. 1.13.
He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
He riseth from supper, and layed aside his garments, and tooke a towell, and girded himselfe.
After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
After that, he powreth water into a bason, and beganne to wash the disciples feete, and to wipe them with the towell wherewith he was girded.
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