Definition

to invest with clothing (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G1722 (ἐν) and G1416 (δύνω) (in the sense of sinking into a garment);

Where the KJV renders it

• array
• clothe (with)
• endue
• have (put) on

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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