ἐκδύωekdýō
to cause to sink out of, i.e. (specially as of clothing) to divest
Greek (New Testament) · G1562
Meanings
to take of, strip of, strip: with acc person (namely clothing), Matthew 27:28; with acc person et rei, Matthew 27:31, Mark 15:20, Luke 10:30; middle, to put off: figuratively, of the body, 2 Corinthians 5:4.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 27:28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.
- Matthew 27:31 When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.
- Mark 15:20 When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.
- Luke 10:30 Jesus replied with a story: “A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half dead beside the road.
- 2 Corinthians 5:3 For we will put on heavenly bodies; we will not be spirits without bodies.
- 2 Corinthians 5:4 While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.