Word Summary
hoplizō: to make ready, to equip
Original Word: ὁπλίζωTransliteration: hoplizō
Phonetic Spelling: (hop-lid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make ready, to equip
Meaning: to make ready, to equip
Strong's Concordance
arm self.
From hoplon; to equip (with weapons (middle voice and figuratively)) -- arm self.
see GREEK hoplon
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3695: ὁπλίζωὁπλίζω: (1 aorist middle imperative 2 person plural
ὁπλίσασθε); (
ὅπλον); from
Homer down;
to arm, furnish with arms; universally,
to provide; middle
τί,
to furnish oneself with a thing (as with arms); metaphorically,
τήν αὐτήν ἔννοιαν ὁπλίσασθε (
A. V. arm yourselves with i. e.) take on the same mind,
1 Peter 4:1 (
θράσος,
Sophocles Electr. 995). (Compare:
καθσπλίζω.)