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Greek verb · G4016

περιβάλλω

periballoper-ee-bal'-lo

to clothe

23 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: peribállō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4016is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 6 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 15
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G4016

to throw all around, i.e. invest (with a palisade or with clothing)

The King James renders it: array, cast about, clothe(-d me), put on.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

periballo is rendered "to clothe". It stands 23 times in the Greek text, across six books.

  • Twelve of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
  • The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.

The first use

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

Matthew 6:29περιεβάλετο

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twelve of the word's twenty-three uses are in Revelation.

The other 21 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • having clothed themselves with3
  • having been clothed with2
  • cast around1
  • clothed1
  • clothed in1
  • do yourself wrap around1
  • having clothed himself in1
  • having clothed himself with1
  • having clothed themselves1
  • having clothed themselves in1
  • having himself cast1
  • having put on1

and 8 more, 23 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

περίperiaboutUses332
περιπατέωperipateoto walkUses94
περισσεύωperisseuoto exceedUses39
περιτομήperitomecircumcisionUses36
περιτέμνωperitemnoto circumciseUses17
περισσοτέρωςperissoterosmore excessivelyUses12
περιστεράperisteradoveUses10
περισσῶςperissosexcessivelyUses9
περίχωροςperichorosregionUses9
περισσότεροςperissoterosmore excessiveUses9
περιτίθημιperitithemito put onUses8
περιβλέπωperiblepoto look aroundUses7

and 43 more on the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 23, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

15 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • περιβεβλημένη3
  • περιβεβλημένοι2
  • περιβεβλημένον2
  • περιβεβλημένος2
  • περιβεβλημένους2
  • περιεβάλετέ2
  • περιεβάλετο2
  • περιβαλεῖται1
  • περιβάλῃ1
  • περιβάληται1
  • περιβαλοῦ1
  • περιβαλώμεθα1

and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural2V-2AAI-2P
  • verb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-2AMI-3S
  • verb · perfect middle or passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2V-REP-NSF
  • verb · perfect middle, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural2V-RMP-APM
  • verb · perfect middle, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular2V-RMP-ASM
  • verb · perfect middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-RMP-NPM
  • verb · perfect middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-RMP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-2AAI-1P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-2AAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-2AAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist middle, command · 2nd person singular1V-2AMM-2S
  • verb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 1st person plural1V-2AMS-1P

Matthew

five uses
  • Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

    Matthew 6:29

    • περιεβάλετοperiebaletoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was adorned
  • Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

    Matthew 6:31

    • περιβαλώμεθαperibalomethaverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: shall we wear
  • I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

    Matthew 25:36

    • περιεβάλετέperiebaleteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you clothed
  • When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

    Matthew 25:38

    • περιεβάλομενperiebalomenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: clothed
  • I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

    Matthew 25:43

    • περιεβάλετέperiebaleteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you did clothe

Mark

two uses
  • One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,

    Mark 14:51

    • περιβεβλημένοςperibeblemenosverb · perfect middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having himself cast
  • When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

    Mark 16:5

    • περιβεβλημένονperibeblemenonverb · perfect middle, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having clothed himself in

Luke

two uses
  • Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

    Luke 12:27

    • περιεβάλετοperiebaletoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was arrayed
  • And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.

    Luke 23:11

    • περιβαλὼνperibalonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having put on

John

one use
  • The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.

    John 19:2

    • περιέβαλονperiebalonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: cast around

Acts

one use
  • “Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

    Acts 12:8

    • περιβαλοῦperibalouverb · aorist middle, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do yourself wrap around

Revelation

twelve uses
  • Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.

    Revelation 3:5

    • περιβαλεῖταιperibaleitaiverb · future middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be clothed
  • I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

    Revelation 3:18

    • περιβάλῃperibaleverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you may be clothed
  • Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.

    Revelation 4:4

    • περιβεβλημένουςperibeblemenousverb · perfect middle, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having clothed themselves
  • After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

    Revelation 7:9

    • περιβεβλημένουςperibeblemenousverb · perfect middle, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having clothed themselves with
  • Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”

    Revelation 7:13

    • περιβεβλημένοιperibeblemenoiverb · perfect middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having clothed themselves with
  • Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

    Revelation 10:1

    • περιβεβλημένονperibeblemenonverb · perfect middle, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having clothed himself with
  • And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

    Revelation 11:3

    • περιβεβλημένοιperibeblemenoiverb · perfect middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having clothed themselves in
  • And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

    Revelation 12:1

    • περιβεβλημένηperibeblemeneverb · perfect middle or passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having been clothed with
  • The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

    Revelation 17:4

    • περιβεβλημένηperibeblemeneverb · perfect middle or passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: clothed in
  • saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!

    Revelation 18:16

    • περιβεβλημένηperibeblemeneverb · perfect middle or passive, participle · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: having been clothed with
  • She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.

    Revelation 19:8

    • περιβάληταιperibaletaiverb · aorist middle, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: she may be clothed in
  • He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.

    Revelation 19:13

    • περιβεβλημένοςperibeblemenosverb · perfect middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having clothed themselves with

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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