Strong's Greek · G4016

περιβάλλω

peribállō

array, cast about, clothe(-d me), put on

Definition

to throw all around, i.e. invest (with a palisade or with clothing)

Derivation

from G4012 (περί) and G906 (βάλλω);

Appears 23 times in Scripture

Matthew 25:36

I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

Mark 14:51

One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,

Revelation 3:5

Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.

Matthew 25:43

I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after Me.’

Luke 12:27

Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

John 19:2

The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.

Matthew 25:38

When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

Matthew 6:31

Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

Acts 12:8

“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.”

Mark 16:5

When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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