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περιβάλλω

peribállō

G4016 verb

SILEX Entry

Definition

To encircle or wrap around, especially with a garment or object; to clothe, cover, or array. The word fundamentally refers to placing something around a person or object, often in the sense of dressing or adorning, but also in a broader sense of surrounding or enclosing.

Semantic Range

to clothe, to dress, to array, to put on (clothing), to wrap around, to encircle, to surround, to invest (with something physical or metaphorical)

Root / Etymology

From the preposition περί (around, about) and the verb βάλλω (to throw, to cast), thus literally 'to throw around.' The compound suggests the action of putting or spreading something above, on, or around another.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In classical Greek, περιβάλλω could refer to surrounding or encircling, sometimes used of military encirclement or constructing a palisade. In Hellenistic and Koine Greek, as in the Septuagint and New Testament, its most common sense is 'to clothe' or 'to dress,' particularly in reference to clothing or garments (cf. usages in the Gospels for putting on outer garments or for angelic attire). This is often more than a simple 'putting on,' suggesting full or enveloping attire. English translations typically render it as 'clothe,' 'array,' or 'put on,' but in some contexts, it retains the more physical sense of encircling or enveloping (see LXX usages for wrapping or surrounding an object). The verb differs from ἐνδύω (to put on) in that περιβάλλω implies wrapping or covering more extensively rather than simply donning an article of clothing.

Translation Consistency

primary "clothe" 20 occurrences

Peribállō most commonly carries the sense of dressing or investing someone with garments or qualities. 'Clothe' is a single, natural English verb that covers both the literal act of putting on garments and the common metaphorical use (e.g. being 'clothed' with power or honor). It is broader and more current than alternatives like 'wrap' (too physical) or 'array' (archaic), and more precise than the phrasal 'put on.'

Alternatives (4 occurrences):
"arrayed" (1x) "wrap around" (1x) "having arrayed" (1x) "wrapped around" (1x)

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from περί and βάλλω; to throw all around, i.e. invest (with a palisade or with clothing):--array, cast about, clothe(-d me), put on.

Root Family

βάλλ- (peribállō) — to throw, to cast, to clothe, to wrap around

Root βάλλ- to throw, to cast, to clothe, to wrap around

Word Forms

16 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G4016-08 περιβεβλημένη peribeblemene V PRF PASS PTCP NOM F SG clothed having been clothed around having been clothed around 3
G4016-09 περιβεβλημένοι peribeblemenoi V PRF PASS PTCP NOM M PL are clothed having been clothed having been clothed 2
G4016-10 περιβεβλημένον peribeblemenon V PRF MID PTCP ACC M SG clothed having clothed himself having clothed himself 2
G4016-11 περιβεβλημένος peribeblemenos V PRF PASS PTCP NOM M SG clothed having been clothed having been clothed 2
G4016-12 περιβεβλημένους peribeblemenous V PRF PASS PTCP ACC M PL clothed having been clothed clothed 2
G4016-13 περιεβάλετέ periebalete V AOR ACT IND 2P PL you clothed you clothed you clothed 2
G4016-14 περιεβάλετο periebaleto V AOR MID IND 3P SG was arrayed clothed himself he clothed himself 2
G4016-01 περιβάλῃ peribale V AOR MID SUBJ 2P SG you may clothe you might clothe yourself you might clothe yourself 1
G4016-02 περιβαλεῖται peribaleitai V FUT MID IND 3P SG will be clothed will clothe oneself will clothe oneself 1
G4016-03 περιβάληται peribaletai V AOR MID SUBJ 3P SG she should be clothed might clothe oneself she might clothe herself 1

Occurrences in Scripture

24 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G4016-14 Matthew 6:29 περιεβάλετο periebaleto V AOR MID IND 3P SG was arrayed clothed himself he clothed himself
G4016-04 Matthew 6:31 περιβαλώμεθα peribalometha V AOR MID SUBJ 1P PL shall we be clothed let us clothe ourselves we will clothe ourselves
G4016-13 Matthew 25:36 περιεβάλετέ periebalete V AOR ACT IND 2P PL you clothed you clothed you clothed
G4016-15 Matthew 25:38 περιεβάλομεν periebalomen V AOR ACT IND 1P PL clothed we wrapped around we clothed
G4016-13 Matthew 25:43 περιεβάλετέ periebalete V AOR ACT IND 2P PL you clothed you clothed you clothed
G4016-11 Mark 14:51 περιβεβλημένος peribeblemenos V PRF PASS PTCP NOM M SG wearing having been clothed having been clothed
G4016-10 Mark 16:5 περιβεβλημένον peribeblemenon V PRF MID PTCP ACC M SG clothed having clothed himself having clothed himself
G4016-14 Luke 12:27 περιεβάλετο periebaleto V AOR MID IND 3P SG was arrayed clothed himself was arrayed
G4016-07 Luke 19:43 περιβαλοῦσίν peribalousin V FUT ACT IND 3P PL will build they will wrap around they will wrap around
G4016-05 Luke 23:11 περιβαλὼν peribalon V AOR ACT PTCP NOM M SG having arrayed having wrapped around having arrayed
G4016-16 John 19:2 περιέβαλον periebalon V AOR ACT IND 3P PL put they wrapped around they wrapped around
G4016-06 Acts 12:8 περιβαλοῦ peribalou V AOR MID IMP 2P SG Wrap Clothe yourself clothe yourself
G4016-02 Revelation 3:5 περιβαλεῖται peribaleitai V FUT MID IND 3P SG will be clothed will clothe oneself will clothe oneself
G4016-01 Revelation 3:18 περιβάλῃ peribale V AOR MID SUBJ 2P SG you may clothe you might clothe yourself you might clothe yourself
G4016-12 Revelation 4:4 περιβεβλημένους peribeblemenous V PRF PASS PTCP ACC M PL clothed having been clothed clothed
G4016-12 Revelation 7:9 περιβεβλημένους peribeblemenous V PRF PASS PTCP ACC M PL clothed having been clothed clothed
G4016-09 Revelation 7:13 περιβεβλημένοι peribeblemenoi V PRF PASS PTCP NOM M PL are clothed having been clothed having been clothed
G4016-10 Revelation 10:1 περιβεβλημένον peribeblemenon V PRF PASS PTCP ACC M SG clothed having clothed himself having clothed himself
G4016-09 Revelation 11:3 περιβεβλημένοι peribeblemenoi V PRF PASS PTCP NOM M PL clothed having been clothed having been clothed
G4016-08 Revelation 12:1 περιβεβλημένη peribeblemene V PRF PASS PTCP NOM F SG clothed having been clothed around having been clothed around
G4016-08 Revelation 17:4 περιβεβλημένη peribeblemene V PRF PASS PTCP NOM F SG clothed having been clothed around having been clothed around
G4016-08 Revelation 18:16 περιβεβλημένη peribeblemene V PRF PASS PTCP VOC F SG was clothed having been clothed around having been clothed around
G4016-03 Revelation 19:8 περιβάληται peribaletai V AOR MID SUBJ 3P SG she should be clothed might clothe oneself she might clothe herself
G4016-11 Revelation 19:13 περιβεβλημένος peribeblemenos V PRF PASS PTCP NOM M SG clothed having been clothed having been clothed
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