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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark.

2. (v. t.) To divest of clothing; to uncover.

3. (v. t.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc.

4. (v. t.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips.

5. (v. t.) To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow.

6. (v. t.) To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.

7. (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguises.

8. (v. t.) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped.

9. (v. t.) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped.

10. (v. t.) To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.

11. (v. t.) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.

12. (v. t.) To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into hands; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).

13. (v. i.) To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress.

14. (v. i.) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8.

15. (n.) A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land.

16. (n.) A trough for washing ore.

17. (n.) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.

Greek
554. apekduomai -- to strip off from oneself
... to strip off from oneself. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apekduomai Phonetic
Spelling: (ap-ek-doo'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I strip, divest, renounce ...
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1562. ekduo -- to take off, to put off
... to take off, to put off. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekduo Phonetic Spelling:
(ek-doo'-o) Short Definition: I put off, take off, strip off Definition ...
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4813. sulao -- to plunder
... to plunder. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sulao Phonetic Spelling:
(soo-lah'-o) Short Definition: I rob, plunder Definition: I rob, plunder, strip. ...
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4014. periaireo -- to take away (that which surrounds)
... to take away (that which surrounds). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: periaireo
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-ahee-reh'-o) Short Definition: I strip off, cast ...
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2049. eremoo -- to desolate
... to desolate. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eremoo Phonetic Spelling:
(er-ay-mo'-o) Short Definition: I destroy, strip, rob Definition: (a) I make ...
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1130. gumniteuo -- to be naked or poorly clothed
... be naked. From a derivative of gumnos; to strip, ie (reflexively) go poorly clad --
be naked. see GREEK gumnos. (gumniteuomen) -- 1 Occurrence. 1129, 1130. ...
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4683. sparganoo -- to wrap in swaddling clothes
... From sparganon (a strip; from a derivative of the base of sparasso meaning to strap
or wrap with strips); to swathe (an infant after the Oriental custom ...
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5403. Phoinike -- Phoenicia, a region North of Galilee
... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Phoinike Phonetic Spelling: (foy-nee'-kay) Short
Definition: Phoenicia Definition: Phoenicia, a northern coast strip of the ...
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Strong's Hebrew
6584. pashat -- to strip off, make a dash, raid
... 6583, 6584. pashat. 6585 . to strip off, make a dash, raid. Transliteration:
pashat Phonetic Spelling: (paw-shat') Short Definition: strip. Word Origin a prim ...
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2834. chasaph -- to strip off, strip, make bare
... chasaph. 2835 . to strip off, strip, make bare. Transliteration: chasaph Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-saf') Short Definition: bared. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5426. nethar -- to strip off
... 5425b, 5426. nethar. 5427 . to strip off. Transliteration: nethar Phonetic
Spelling: (neth-ar') Short Definition: off. Word Origin ...
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5337. natsal -- to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered ...
... to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. Transliteration:
natsal Phonetic Spelling: (naw-tsal') Short Definition: deliver. ...
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6209. arar -- to strip oneself
... 6208, 6209. arar. 6210 . to strip oneself. Transliteration: arar Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-rar') Short Definition: razed. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7082. qasas -- to strip off
... qasas. 7083 . to strip off. Transliteration: qasas Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-sas')
Short Definition: off. ... root Definition to strip off NASB Word Usage cut off (1 ...
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2502. chalats -- to draw off or out, withdraw
... A primitive root; to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) To depart;
by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen -- arm ...
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6998. qataph -- to pluck off or out
... crop off, cut down up, pluck. A primitive root; to strip off -- crop off, cut down
(up), pluck. 6997, 6998. qataph. 6999 . Strong's Numbers.
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7997. shalal -- to draw out
... A primitive root; to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder -- let fall, make
self a prey, X of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil. 7996, 7997. ...
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1540. galah -- to uncover, remove
... 2), revealing (1), reveals (4), revelation* (1), sent into exile (1), sent you into
exile (2), set forth (1), shamelessly uncovers (1), show (1), strip off (1 ...
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Library

Behaviour in the Baths.
... They will scarce strip before their own husbands affecting a plausible pretence
of modesty; but any others who wish, may see them at home shut up naked in ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter v behaviour in the baths.htm

A Clearing-Up Storm in the Realm
... There is a great mixture of races in the strip where the eastern edge of
the West and the western edge of the East come together. ...
/.../vi a clearing-up storm in the.htm

A Question for a Questioner
... Saviour answered one question of his opponents by another, so may we also silence
the questions of unbelief by further questions which shall strip our doubt of ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 31 1885/a question for a questioner.htm

That the Devout Man Should Cleave to God with Naked Understanding ...
... The more you strip yourself of the products of the imagination and involvement in
external, worldly things and the objects of the senses, the more your soul ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/albert/on cleaving to god/chapter 6 that the devout.htm

How a Religious Man Should Commit Himself to God in all ...
... I am now completely convinced that you will recognise from these arguments that
the more you strip yourself of the products of your imagination and all worldly ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/albert/on cleaving to god/chapter 8 how a religious.htm

Lo! the Evil one Reproached Death
... rejoice."19. The fire will come that shall strip off thee thy very skin:
as by the potsherd thou didst strip the skin of Job."20. D ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn lv lo the evil.htm

Letter iii. To Candidianus.
... The strip of leather on which the communication was to be made is said to have been
rolled slantwise round it, and the message was then written lengthwise. ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter iii to candidianus.htm

Letter xv. --Perfect Detachment.
... It is therefore, on the part of God, a favour and mercy to strip us of all sensible
gifts and favours; just as it is an effect of His mercy to despoil worldly ...
/.../de caussade/abandonment to divine providence/letter xv perfect detachment.htm

The Sin of Omission.
... To command a young man of wealth and standing immediately to strip himself of all
his property, to leave the circle in which he had been born and brought up ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/shedd/sermons to the natural man/the sin of omission.htm

Of the Perfect Stripping of the Soul which is United to God's Will ...
... God commanded the prophet Isaias to strip himself naked; and he did so, [434] going
and preaching in this way, for three days together as some hold, or for ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xvi of the perfect.htm

Thesaurus
Strip (33 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive
of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession ...
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Fillet (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together
and tied. ... (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip. ...
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Strap (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth,
or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging. ...
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List (17 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of
broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet. 10. ...
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Peel (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (vt) To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing
off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange ...
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String (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other
substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger ...
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Stripe (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different
color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment. ...
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Gilbo'a (8 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 31:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip
the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. ...
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Despoil (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To strip, as of clothing; to divest
or unclothe. 2. (vt) To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to ...
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Pencil (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or
such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed ...
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Resources
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Strip (33 Occurrences)

Revelation 17:16
And the ten horns that you have seen--and the Wild Beast--these will hate the Harlot, and they will cause her to be laid waste and will strip her bare. They will eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire.
(WEY)

Genesis 37:23
It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 19:10
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
(See RSV)

Numbers 20:26
and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall die there."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 31:8
It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 31:9
They cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols, and to the people.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 2:21
Abner said to him, "Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armor." But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 23:10
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword; and Jehovah wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take spoil.
(See JPS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 10:8
It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 10:9
They stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to their idols, and to the people.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 29:34
Only, the priests have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brethren the Levites strengthen them till the completion of the work, and till the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites 'are' more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
(YLT)

Job 22:6
For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 41:13
Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 27:10
For the strong town is without men, an unpeopled living-place; and she has become a waste land: there the young ox will take his rest, and its branches will be food for him.
(See RSV NIV)

Isaiah 32:11
Tremble, you women who are at ease! Be troubled, you careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 45:1
Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 47:2
Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 5:10
Go ye up into her rows, and destroy, but make not a full end; take away her shoots; for they are not the LORD'S.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Lamentations 4:21
Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through to you also; you shall be drunken, and shall make yourself naked.
(See RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 16:37
therefore see, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those who you have loved, with all those who you have hated; I will even gather them against you on every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 16:39
I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places; and they shall strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked and bare.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 23:26
They shall also strip you of your clothes, and take away your beautiful jewels.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 26:16
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit on the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 32:15
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that of which it was full, when I shall strike all those who dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Yahweh.
(See RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 44:19
And in their going forth unto the outer court -- unto the outer court unto the people -- they strip off their garments, in which they are ministering, and have placed them in the holy chambers, and have put on other garments; and they do not sanctify the people in their own garments.
(YLT)

Daniel 4:14
He cried aloud, and said thus, Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 2:3
Lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 13:15
Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
(See RSV)

Micah 2:8
But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Micah 3:3
And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stript, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread 'them' out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a caldron.
(Root in YLT NAS NIV)

Nahum 3:16
You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.
(Root in WEB YLT NAS NIV)

Habakkuk 3:9
You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.
(See RSV)

Zechariah 9:4
Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

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Fillet (1 Occurrence)

Strap (4 Occurrences)

List (17 Occurrences)

Peel (1 Occurrence)

String (12 Occurrences)

Stripe (1 Occurrence)

Gilbo'a (8 Occurrences)

Despoil (13 Occurrences)

Pencil (1 Occurrence)

Skin (115 Occurrences)

Gilboa (8 Occurrences)

Arisen (24 Occurrences)

Uncover (35 Occurrences)

Bare (250 Occurrences)

Naked (56 Occurrences)

Confident (42 Occurrences)

Strings (11 Occurrences)

Weapons (66 Occurrences)

Leg (24 Occurrences)

Jewels (54 Occurrences)

Mantle (35 Occurrences)

Wounded (114 Occurrences)

Syria (73 Occurrences)

Tremble (92 Occurrences)

Yesterday (13 Occurrences)

Vaulted (6 Occurrences)

Valley (187 Occurrences)

Undress (1 Occurrence)

Unclothe (1 Occurrence)

Unsuspecting (9 Occurrences)

Judah (802 Occurrences)

Jaws (12 Occurrences)

Jewelry (18 Occurrences)

Jeshimon (6 Occurrences)

Lead (192 Occurrences)

Lately (6 Occurrences)

Grind (12 Occurrences)

Goats'

Guide (89 Occurrences)

Guard (185 Occurrences)

Widow (71 Occurrences)

Web (5 Occurrences)

Wedge (3 Occurrences)

Illyricum (1 Occurrence)

Inlet (4 Occurrences)

Fleece (6 Occurrences)

Flay (3 Occurrences)

Trustingly (2 Occurrences)

Throw (135 Occurrences)

Takest (17 Occurrences)

Twin (9 Occurrences)

Tongue (160 Occurrences)

Rhodes (2 Occurrences)

Ruler (329 Occurrences)

Ridge (3 Occurrences)

Recently (8 Occurrences)

Rob (27 Occurrences)

Rule (291 Occurrences)

Ribbon (7 Occurrences)

Rib (5 Occurrences)

Ribband (1 Occurrence)

Easy (14 Occurrences)

Elea'zar (72 Occurrences)

Expose (12 Occurrences)

Eminent (9 Occurrences)

Dan (71 Occurrences)

Degrade (1 Occurrence)

Debauchery (9 Occurrences)

Demolish (16 Occurrences)

Mounds (7 Occurrences)

Mail (11 Occurrences)

Millstones (6 Occurrences)

Match (4 Occurrences)

Pillage (5 Occurrences)

Passers-by (9 Occurrences)

Poll (5 Occurrences)

Plunder (118 Occurrences)

Pluck (41 Occurrences)

Penetrate (1 Occurrence)

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