94 verses contain “gird” (in the KJV: 94, in the BSB: 3) — showing 1–94
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And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins
girded, your
shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in
haste: it is the LORD’S
passover.
This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your
sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in
haste; it is the LORD’s
Passover.
And these are the garments which they shall make; a
breastplate, and an
ephod, and a
robe, and a
broidered coat, a
mitre, and a
girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an
ephod, a
robe, a
woven tunic, a
turban, and a
sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests.
And the curious
girdle of the
ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen.
And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the
ephod underneath, toward the
forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious
girdle of the
ephod.
Make two additional gold rings and
attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the
ephod, on its front, near its
seam just above its
woven waistband.
The rings of the breastpiece shall be
tied to the rings of the
ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece is above the
waistband of the
ephod and does not
swing out from the
ephod.
And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron’s sons, to give them glory and
splendor.
And thou shalt
gird them with
girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt
consecrate Aaron and his sons.
Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and
tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to
ordain Aaron and his sons.
And the curious
girdle of his
ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the
ephod underneath, toward the
forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious
girdle of the
ephod.
They made two additional gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the
ephod, on its front, near the
seam just above its
woven waistband.
And they did bind the
breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the
ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious
girdle of the
ephod, and that the
breastplate might not be loosed from the
ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Then they
tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the
ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the
waistband of the
ephod and would not
swing out from the
ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And a
girdle of fine
twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of
needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
and the
sash of finely
spun linen,
embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and put coats upon them, and
girded them with
girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them,
wrapped sashes around them, and
tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen
breeches upon his flesh, and shall be
girded with a linen
girdle, and with the linen
mitre shall he be
attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
He is to wear the sacred linen
tunic, with linen undergarments. He must
tie a linen
sash around him and put on the linen
turban. These are holy garments, and he must
bathe himself with water before he wears them.
Then ye answered and said unto me, We have
sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had
girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
“We have
sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.
But Ehud made him a
dagger which had two edges, of a
cubit length; and he did
gird it under his
raiment upon his right
thigh.
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that
stumbled are
girded with strength.
The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are
equipped with strength.
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child,
girded with a linen
ephod.
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen
ephod.
And David
girded his sword upon his armour, and he
assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
David
strapped his sword over the
tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
And
Jonathan stripped himself of the
robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his
girdle.
And
Jonathan removed the
robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his
tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
And David said unto his men,
Gird ye on every man his sword. And they
girded on every man his sword; and David also
girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
And David said to his men, “
Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men put on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
And David said to
Joab, and to all the people that were with him,
Rend your clothes, and
gird you with
sackcloth, and
mourn before
Abner. And king David himself followed the
bier.
Then David ordered
Joab and all the people with him, “
Tear your clothes, put on
sackcloth, and
mourn before
Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral
bier.
And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was
girded with a linen
ephod.
And David, wearing a linen
ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
And
Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why
didst thou not
smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a
girdle.
“You just saw him!”
Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a
warrior’s belt!”
When they were at the great stone which is in
Gibeon,
Amasa went before them. And
Joab’s garment that he had put on was
girded unto him, and upon it a
girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the
sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the
giant, the weight of whose
spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being
girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
Then Ishbi-benob, a
descendant of Rapha, whose bronze
spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
For thou hast
girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
Moreover thou knowest also what
Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto
Abner the son of
Ner, and unto
Amasa the son of Jether, whom he
slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his
girdle that was about his loins, and in his
shoes that were on his feet.
Moreover, you know what
Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to
Abner son of
Ner and
Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to
avenge the blood of war. He
stained with the blood of war the belt around his
waist and the
sandals on his feet.
And the hand of the LORD was on
Elijah; and he
girded up his loins, and ran before
Ahab to the entrance of
Jezreel.
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that
girdeth on his
harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his
armor should not
boast like one taking it off.’”
So they
girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-
hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
So with
sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-
hadad says, ‘Please
spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
And they answered him, He was an
hairy man, and
girt with a
girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is
Elijah the Tishbite.
“He was a
hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his
waist.” “It was
Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
Then he said to Gehazi,
Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man,
salute him not; and if any
salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
So
Elisha said to Gehazi, “
Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet
anyone, do not
greet him, and if
anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
And
Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him,
Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to
Ramoth-
gilead:
Now
Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “
Tuck your
cloak under your belt, take this
flask of oil, and go to
Ramoth-
gilead.
For the builders, every one had his sword
girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the
trumpet was by me.
And each of the builders worked with his sword
strapped at his side. But the
trumpeter stayed beside me.
He looseth the bond of kings, and
girdeth their loins with a
girdle.
He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Now
brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
“Now
brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
For thou hast
girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
Gird thy sword upon thy
thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being
girded with power:
You formed the mountains by Your power, having
girded Yourself with might.
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength,
wherewith he hath
girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
The LORD reigns! He is
robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a
girdle wherewith he is
girded continually.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be
stink; and instead of a
girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair
baldness; and instead of a stomacher a
girding of
sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Instead of
fragrance there will be a
stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair,
baldness; instead of fine clothing,
sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
None of them grows
weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no
sandal strap is broken.
Associate
yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries:
gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces;
gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
And righteousness shall be the
girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the
girdle of his
reins.
Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the
sash around His
waist.
In their streets they shall
gird themselves with
sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall
howl,
weeping abundantly.
In its streets they wear
sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all
wail, falling down
weeping.
And I will
clothe him with thy
robe, and
strengthen him with thy
girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
I will
clothe him with your
robe and
tie your
sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and
gird sackcloth upon your loins.
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I
girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will
equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
Thou therefore
gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I
confound thee before them.
Get
yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be
intimidated by them, or I will
terrify you before them.
For this
gird you with
sackcloth,
lament and
howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
So put on
sackcloth,
mourn and
wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
O daughter of my people, dress
yourselves in
sackcloth and roll in ashes.
Mourn with bitter
wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen
girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and
buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your
waist, but do not let it touch water.”
So I got a
girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had
instructed me, and I put it around my
waist.
Take the
girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a
crevice of the rocks.”
And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the
girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
Then I went to Euphrates, and
digged, and took the
girdle from the place where I had
hid it: and, behold, the
girdle was
marred, it was profitable for nothing.
So I went to Perath and
dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this
girdle, which is good for nothing.
These evil people, who refuse to
listen to My words, who follow the
stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
For as the
girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to
cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s
waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah
cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My
renown and praise and glory. But they did not
listen.
Howl, O
Heshbon, for
Ai is
spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah,
gird you with
sackcloth;
lament, and run to and
fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Wail, O
Heshbon, for
Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on
sackcloth and
mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
The elders of the daughter of
Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have
girded themselves with
sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem
hang down their heads to the ground.
The elders of the Daughter of
Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on
sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
They shall also
gird themselves with
sackcloth, and
horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and
baldness upon all their heads.
They will put on
sackcloth, and terror will
overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be
shaved.
I clothed thee also with
broidered work, and
shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I
girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
I clothed you in
embroidered cloth and gave you
sandals of fine leather. I
wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
Girded with
girdles upon their loins, exceeding in
dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of
Chaldea, the land of their
nativity:
wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in
Chaldea, the land of their birth.
And they shall make themselves utterly
bald for thee, and
gird them with
sackcloth, and they shall
weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter
wailing.
They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen
breeches upon their loins; they shall not
gird themselves with any thing that causeth
sweat.
They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them
perspire.
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were
girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his
waist.
Gird yourselves, and
lament, ye priests:
howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in
sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is
withholden from the house of your God.
Put on
sackcloth and
lament, O priests;
wail, O ministers of the altar. Come,
spend the night in
sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are
withheld from the house of your God.
And the same John had his
raiment of
camel’s hair, and a
leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
John
wore a garment of
camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his
waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
And John was clothed with
camel’s hair, and with a
girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
John was clothed in
camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his
waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Let your loins be
girded about, and your lights burning;
Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching:
verily I say unto you, that he shall
gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them
recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
And will not rather say unto him, Make ready
wherewith I may
sup, and
gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and
drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress
yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?
He riseth from
supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a
towel, and
girded himself.
After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the
towel that was around Him.
Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, When thou
wast young, thou
girdedst thyself, and walkedst
whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall
gird thee, and carry thee
whither thou wouldest not.
Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed
yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”
And the angel said unto him,
Gird thyself, and bind on thy
sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
“Get dressed and put on your
sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “
Wrap your
cloak around you and follow me.”
And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s
girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this
girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
Wherefore
gird up the loins of your mind, be
sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be
sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a golden
girdle.
and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long
robe, with a golden
sash around His chest.
And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts
girded with golden
girdles.
And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and
girded with golden sashes around their chests.
But when he drew near, they that were with Maccabeus turned themselves to pray unto God, and
sprinkled earth upon their heads, and
girded their loins with
sackcloth,
