Apekdýomai — G554

Definition

verb

to divest wholly oneself, or (for oneself) despoil

1. wholly to put off from oneself (ἀπό denoting separation from what is put oft)
2. wholly to strip off for oneself (for one's own advantage), despoil, disarm

Usually translated as

put off, spoil

Origin

middle voice from G575 and G1562

• apó (G575)
• ekdýō (G1562)

Occurrences

Apekdýomai occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Colossians (2)

• Colossians 2:15 — And having spoiled (ἀπεκδυσάμενος) principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
• Colossians 3:9 — Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off (ἀπεκδυσάμενοι) the old man with his deeds;