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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἐκδύω
ἐκδύω
G1562
Transliteration: ekdýō
Pronunciation: ek-doo'-o
Definition: strip
- Original: ἐκδύω - Transliteration: Ekduo - Phonetic: ek-doo'-o
- Definition:
1. to take off
a. to strip one of his garments
2. to take off from one's self, to put off the one's raiments
3. fig., to put off the body, the clothing of the soul
- Origin: from G1537" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1537 and the base of G1416" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1416 - TDNT entry: 07:18,2 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G1537" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1537 and the base of G1416" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1416; to cause to sink out of that is (specifically as of clothing) to divest: - strip take off from unclothe.