- Transliteration: Perizonnumi

- Phonetic: per-id-zone'-noo-mee

- Definition:

1. to fasten garments with a girdle or belt

2. to gird one's self

3. metaph. with truth as a girdle

a. to equip one's self with knowledge of the truth

- Origin: from G4012" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4012 and G2224" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2224

- TDNT entry: 10:02,7

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G4012" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4012 and G2224" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2224; to gird all around that is (middle or passive voice) to fasten on one's belt (literally or figuratively): - gird (about self).