Lexicon
ἐκδύω
ekduō
G1562
G:V Greek

to strip

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Greek
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ekduo describes taking clothing off someone or removing a garment, and once expresses not wanting to be unclothed.

The attested use chiefly concerns removing clothing from a person or taking off a garment in scenes of robbery and mockery; in 2 Corinthians 5:4 it occurs in the expressed wish not to be unclothed.

Senses in use

  1. Removing clothing or a garment from someone · dominant

    The aorist active forms occur where robbers act against a man in Luke 10:30 and where people remove clothing in the mockery scenes of Matthew 27:28, Matthew 27:31, and Mark 15:20. In Luke 10:30 the APB renders the clause "who stripped him," while the other verses place the removal alongside putting another garment on or restoring his own clothing.

  2. Being unclothed · rare

    In 2 Corinthians 5:4, the aorist middle infinitive stands in the statement that those in the tent do not wish "to be unclothed" but "to be further clothed."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the active-clause occurrences with "stripped" or "stripped off" and presents 2 Corinthians 5:4 as "to be unclothed." These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.

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