Dictionary entry

περιζώννυμι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

περι-ζώννυμι and -ύω

(v. Veitch, s.v.) [in LXX chiefly for חגר, also for אזר, etc.;]

to gird (c. dupl. acc., as ὁ περιζωννύων με δύναμιν, Ps 17 (18):32): pass., αἱ ὀσφύες περιεζωσμέναι, Lk 12:35; π. ζώνην χρυσῆν, Re 1:1315:6 (but v. infr.). Mid., to gird oneself: Lk 12:3717:8 (and so perh. Re 1:1315:6 supr., cf. I Ki 2:4); c. acc. rei (fig.), τ. ὀσφύν, Eph 6:14 (seq. ἐν, cf. I Ch 15:27).†