1562. ekduó
Strong's Lexicon
ekduó: To strip off, to take off, to unclothe

Original Word: ἐκδύω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ekduó
Pronunciation: ek-doo'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-doo'-o)
Definition: To strip off, to take off, to unclothe
Meaning: I put off, take off, strip off, with acc. of person or garment or both.

Word Origin: From the Greek preposition ἐκ (ek, meaning "out of") and δύω (duó, meaning "to sink" or "to go down").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for ἐκδύω, the concept of removing or changing garments can be seen in Hebrew words like פָּשַׁט (pashat, Strong's H6584), which means to strip off or undress.

Usage: The verb ἐκδύω primarily means to strip off or take off clothing. It is used metaphorically in the New Testament to describe the act of removing or being divested of something, often in a spiritual or moral sense. The term can imply a transition from one state to another, such as moving from a state of sin to righteousness or from mortality to immortality.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Greco-Roman world, clothing was not only a necessity but also a symbol of status, identity, and transformation. The act of removing one's garments could signify a change in status or role, such as a soldier laying aside armor or a person preparing for a ritual. In Jewish culture, clothing also held significant symbolic meaning, often representing purity, righteousness, or authority.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from ek and the same as dunó
Definition
to take off, to put off
NASB Translation
stripped (2), took...off (2), unclothed (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1562: ἐκδύω

ἐκδύω: 1 aorist ἐξεδυσα; 1 aorist middle ἐξεδυσάμην; (δύω); to take off: τινα, to strip one of his garments, Matthew 27:28 (L WH marginal reading ἐνδυς.); Luke 10:30; τινα τί (as in Greek from Homer down) (a thing from a person): Matthew 27:31; Mark 15:20; middle, to take off from oneself, to put off one's raiment (Xenophon, Ag. 1, 28; Hell. 3, 4, 19); figuratively, to put off the body, the clothing of the soul (A. V. be unclothed): 2 Corinthians 5:4; the reading ἐκδυσάμενοι, adopted in 2 Corinthians 5:3 by certain critics (e. g. Mill, Tdf. 7, Reiche, others), is due to a correction by the copyists; see γυμνός, 1 d. (Compare: ἀπεκδύομαι.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
strip, take off from, unclothe.

From ek and the base of duno; to cause to sink out of, i.e. (specially as of clothing) to divest -- strip, take off from, unclothe.

see GREEK ek

see GREEK duno

Forms and Transliterations
εκδύνει έκδυσαι εκδυσαντες εκδύσαντες ἐκδύσαντες εκδυσασθαι εκδύσασθαι ἐκδύσασθαι εκδύσασθε εκδύσεται εκδύση έκδυσον εκδύσονται εκδύσουσί εκδύσω εξεδυσάμην εξεδυσαν εξέδυσαν ἐξέδυσαν εξεδύσατο εξέδυσε εξέδυσεν ekdusantes ekdusasthai ekdysantes ekdýsantes ekdysasthai ekdýsasthai exedusan exedysan exédysan
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 27:28 V-APA-NMP
GRK: καὶ ἐκδύσαντες αὐτὸν χλαμύδα
NAS: They stripped Him and put a scarlet
KJV: And they stripped him,
INT: and having stripped him a robe

Matthew 27:31 V-AIA-3P
GRK: ἐνέπαιξαν αὐτῷ ἐξέδυσαν αὐτὸν τὴν
NAS: they had mocked Him, they took the [scarlet] robe
KJV: they took the robe off from him, and
INT: they had mocked him they took off him the

Mark 15:20 V-AIA-3P
GRK: ἐνέπαιξαν αὐτῷ ἐξέδυσαν αὐτὸν τὴν
NAS: they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe
KJV: him, they took off the purple
INT: they had mocked him they took off him the

Luke 10:30 V-APA-NMP
GRK: οἳ καὶ ἐκδύσαντες αὐτὸν καὶ
NAS: robbers, and they stripped him and beat
KJV: him of his raiment, and
INT: who both having stripped him and

2 Corinthians 5:3 V-APM-NMP
GRK: γε καὶ ἐκδυσάμενοι οὐ γυμνοὶ
INT: besides also having been clothed not naked

2 Corinthians 5:4 V-ANM
GRK: οὐ θέλομεν ἐκδύσασθαι ἀλλ' ἐπενδύσασθαι
NAS: we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed,
KJV: we would be unclothed, but
INT: not we do wish to be unclothed but to be clothed upon

Strong's Greek 1562
6 Occurrences


ἐκδυσάμενοι — 1 Occ.
ἐκδύσαντες — 2 Occ.
ἐκδύσασθαι — 1 Occ.
ἐξέδυσαν — 2 Occ.















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