egkomboomai describes an aorist middle command to clothe oneself with humility toward others.

The sole attested use is a command for the hearers to clothe themselves with humility toward one another in 1 Peter 5:5.

1. Putting on humility toward one another · dominant

   In 1 Peter 5:5, the aorist middle plural form occurs in an instruction addressed to all after the call for younger people to be subject to elders. The APB renders the clause, “All, then, clothe yourselves with the humility toward one another,” confirming a self-directed act framed by mutual humility.

   1 Peter 5:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Peter 5:5, the APB presents the clause as “clothe yourselves with the humility toward one another.” The precise division between the verb and the accompanying humility phrase cannot be isolated further.