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girt

Meaning of “girt”

Surrounded, fastened, or equipped about.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
4 occurrences4 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Kings 1:8

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Every verse containing “girt”

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2 Kings 1:8
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 1:8 · retained source text

And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loynes: and he said, It is Eliiah the Tishbite.

John 21:7
Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 21:7 · retained source text

Therefore that Disciple whome Iesus loued, saith vnto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fishers coate vnto him, (for hee was naked) & did cast himselfe into the sea.

Revelation 1:13
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 1:13 · retained source text

And in the midst of the seuen candlestickes, one like vnto the Sonne of man, clothed with a garment downe to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

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Past tense and past participle of gird.

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