Bible Dictionary: Girt

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Gird.

2. (v.) imp. & p. p. of Gird.

3. (v.) To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.

4. (a.) Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

5. (n.) Same as Girth.

Strong's Hebrew

232. ezor -- a waist cloth
... girdle. From 'aziqqiym; something girt; a belt, also a band -- girdle. see HEBREW
'aziqqiym. 231, 232. ezor. 233 . Strong's Numbers.
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2223. zarzir -- girded
... greyhound. By reduplication from zuwr; properly, tightly girt, ie Probably a racer,
or some fleet animal (as being slender in the waist) -- + greyhound. ...
/hebrew/2223.htm - 6k

Library

Jesus, Lord of Life Undying!
... To ascend the azure height,. Girt with an all-conquering might. ... And ascends the azure
height,. Girt with an all-conquering might. Ah, the mocking and deriding,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the russian church/i jesus lord of life.htm

A Sermon Made by M. Hugh Latimer, at the Time of the Insurrection ...
... In "truth," or "truly gird:" it may not be feigned, or falsely girt, but
in verity and truth. There be many bachelors, as yet men ...
/.../latimer/sermons on the card and other discourses/a sermon made by m.htm

Some Miscellaneous Matters Respecting the Face of the Land.
... You see a threefold distinction of cities and towns: 1. Fortifications, or towns
girt with walls from the days of Joshua. But whence shall we know them? ...
/.../from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 98 some miscellaneous matters.htm

Of the Spiritual Girdle and Its Mystical Meaning.
... in which are contained the seeds of lust and lasciviousness, always knowing that
the command of the gospel, which says, "Let your loins be girt about," [668 ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xi of the spiritual.htm

The Equipment of the Servants
... soldier has to do the same thing. 'Stand therefore, having your loins girt
about with truth.'. The traveller, before he starts upon ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/the equipment of the servants.htm

'They that were Ready'
... Remember that our Lord said once, 'Let your loins be girt,' and put that
as the necessary condition of lamps burning. 'Let your ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/they that were ready.htm

The Poets
... See the almighty Jesus crowned! Girt with omnipotence and grace. ... On His great expedition
now appeared,. Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. ...
/.../the hymns of methodism in their literary relations/chapter iii the poets.htm

On Lent, I.
... "Stand, therefore," dearly-beloved, as the Apostle says, "having the loins of your
mind girt in truth, and your feet shod in the preparation of the gospel of ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings of leo the great/sermon xxxix on lent i.htm

Hope Perfectly
... Peter is evidently referring to our Lord's commandment to have 'the loins girt and
the lamps burning, and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/hope perfectly.htm

The Death of the Blessed virgin Mary at Ephesus
... As he came in he girt up his long white ample garment in his girdle, then took off
this girdle and put on another one, inscribed with letters, which he drew ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xviii the death of the.htm

Thesaurus

Girt (13 Occurrences)
... 2. (v.) imp. & pp of Gird. 3. (v.) To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a
girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree. ...Girt (13 Occurrences). ...
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Dog (19 Occurrences)
... alektor and gallus, ie "cock," the King James Version margin "horse." The Hebrew
has zarzir mothnayim, which the King James Version margin renders "girt in the ...
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Weapons (66 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Judges 18:11 There set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out
of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war. ...
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Loins (72 Occurrences)
... A man whose strength is in his attachment to truth, in other words is faithful,
is spoken of as having his loins girt about with truth (Ephesians 6:14). ...
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Girdle (44 Occurrences)
... Revelation 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son
of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with ...
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Girl's (12 Occurrences)

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Six (198 Occurrences)
... Judges 18:11 There set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah
and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war. ...
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Ephod (45 Occurrences)
... Something girt, a sacred vestment worn originally by the high priest (Exodus
28:4), afterwards by the ordinary priest (1 Samuel 22:18), and characteristic of ...
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Dan (71 Occurrences)
... Judges 18:11 There set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah
and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war. ...
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Zorah (10 Occurrences)
... Judges 18:11 There set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah
and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war. ...
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Bible Concordance

Girt (13 Occurrences)

Luke 12:35 Let your loins be girt, and your lights burning;
(WBS)

John 21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Revelation 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Revelation 15:6 and there came out from the temple the seven angels that had the seven plagues, arrayed with 'precious' stone, pure 'and' bright, and girt about their breasts with golden girdles.
(ASV)

Judges 18:11 There set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Judges 18:16 The six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Judges 18:17 The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.
(WEB JPS ASV)

1 Samuel 2:18 And Samuel is ministering 'in' the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt 'with' an ephod of linen;
(YLT)

2 Kings 1:8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Proverbs 30:31 a horse girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
(DBY YLT)

Song of Songs 3:8 All of them armed with swords, trained in war; every man has his sword at his side, because of fear in the night.
(See RSV)

Daniel 10:5 and I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a certain one clothed in linen, and his loins girt with pure gold of Uphaz,
(YLT)

Subtopics

Girt

Related Terms

Dog (19 Occurrences)

Weapons (66 Occurrences)

Loins (72 Occurrences)

Girdle (44 Occurrences)

Girl's (12 Occurrences)

Six (198 Occurrences)