περιβάλλω

Matthew 6:29 περιεβάλετο was adorned

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

Here: Literally "threw around himself", the ordinary word for putting on an outer garment. The form means he clothed *himself*, and it sums up his whole life: at no point did Solomon dress himself like this. Compare v.30, where it is God who clothes the grass.

Matthew 6:31 περιβαλώμεθα; shall we wear?

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

Here: Literally 'what are we to throw around ourselves?' It pictures the large outer cloak wrapped around the body. That cloak was clothing by day and a blanket by night, and for a poor family it was one of the most valuable things they owned.

Matthew 25:36 περιεβάλετέ you clothed

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

Here: Literally 'you threw around': a garment wrapped round the body. It is the same verb the Greek Old Testament uses in Isaiah 58:7, 'if you see someone naked, clothe him.' The past tense treats the act as a single, complete deed.

Matthew 25:38 περιεβάλομεν; clothed [You]?

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

Here: Literally 'we threw [a garment] around [you]', which pictures putting a cloak over someone. The same verb appears in the Greek Old Testament's commands to cover the naked (Isa 58:7; Ezek 18:7, 16).

Matthew 25:43 περιεβάλετέ you did clothe

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.’

Mark 14:51 περιβεβλημένος having himself cast

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

Mark 16:5 περιβεβλημένον having clothed himself in

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

Here: Perfect participle, literally 'having been wrapped around': he is in a settled state of being clothed. The same verb describes the young man of 14:51 who had only a linen cloth 'wrapped around' him and fled naked.

Luke 12:27 περιεβάλετο was arrayed

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.

Luke 23:11 περιβαλὼν [and] having put on

And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.

Here: 'Throwing [it] around [him]'. This third participle describes the costume that carries the mockery. Herod is still the grammatical subject, though his soldiers presumably did the actual dressing.

John 19:2 περιέβαλον cast around

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

Here: Literally "they threw around". A cloak was wrapped or flung over the shoulders, a rough parody of a ruler being robed.

Acts 12:8 περιβαλοῦ do yourself wrap around

“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.”

Revelation 3:5 περιβαλεῖται will be clothed

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.

Here: Future middle: 'will be clothed / will put on'. A future promise of being wrapped in a new garment, the word used for putting on an outer robe.

Revelation 3:18 περιβάλῃ, you may be clothed

I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

Here: The middle voice means 'put it around yourself, dress yourself'. Revelation 3:5 uses the same verb: the overcomer 'will be clothed in white garments'.

Revelation 4:4 περιβεβλημένους having clothed themselves

Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.

Here: A perfect participle, describing a settled state: they are dressed and stay dressed. The verb literally means 'thrown around', as an outer garment wraps the body. The same expression is used for the overcomers in 3:5, 3:18 and 7:9, 13.

Revelation 7:9 περιβεβλημένους having clothed themselves with

After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

Here: 'Clothed in, wearing'. The perfect tense describes the state they are in. The form could be middle ('having put on') or passive ('having been clothed'). It is unexpectedly in the accusative case, as though still governed by 'I saw'.

Revelation 7:13 περιβεβλημένοι having clothed themselves with

Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”

Here: 'Having been wrapped around' with garments. The Greek tense points to a settled state: they stand there clothed. The form can be read 'have clothed themselves' or 'have been clothed'. Verse 14 tells how the robes came to be white. It repeats the exact word from 7:9.

Revelation 10:1 περιβεβλημένον having clothed himself with

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

Here: Literally 'having been thrown around', the ordinary word for putting on a cloak. The perfect tense describes a settled state: he is wearing the cloud as a garment.

Revelation 11:3 περιβεβλημένοι having clothed themselves in

And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Here: Perfect participle, 'having been wrapped in.' It describes the state they stay in for the whole period. It is nominative, agreeing with 'they' (the subject of 'will prophesy') rather than with the dative 'witnesses.' Revelation often bends grammar like this.

Revelation 12:1 περιβεβλημένη having been clothed with

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

Here: Literally 'thrown around', used of a cloak. The passive form means she has been dressed by someone else and stays dressed: the sun is her garment. Revelation uses the same word for the prostitute dressed in purple (17:4) and the bride in linen (19:8).

Revelation 17:4 περιβεβλημένη clothed in

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

Here: Literally 'having been wrapped around'. The perfect tense describes a settled state: she is dressed this way, and it is how she presents herself. The same verb is used for the Bride's linen in 19:8, which invites the reader to compare the two.

Revelation 18:16 περιβεβλημένη having been clothed with

saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!

Here: “Having been wrapped around [with]”. The perfect tense pictures a lasting condition, the way she always stood dressed. The feminine form makes the city a woman, the woman of 17:4.

Revelation 19:8 περιβάληται she may be clothed in

She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.

Here: Literally 'throw around oneself.' The middle form (where the subject acts on herself) means 'she may clothe herself' or 'put it on.' Read with ἐδόθη, the garment is a gift, and she is the one who puts it on.

Revelation 19:13 περιβεβλημένος having clothed themselves with

He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.

Here: A perfect participle: 'having been wrapped around, and still wearing it'. The rider is not getting dressed. He appears already clothed this way, as part of how he is seen.