Clothe
Clothe
in Greek mythology, was the youngest of the Fates, or Pareae (q.v.). It was her office to spin the thread between her fingers, that is, to give life and continue it. She was represented holding the spindle, dressed in a long gown of several colors, and having on her head a crown with seven stars.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Clothe
“to put clothes round” (amphi, “around,” hennumi, “to clothe”), “to invest,” signifies, in the Middle Voice, to put clothing on oneself, e.g., Mat 6:30; Mat 11:8; Luk 7:25; Luk 12:28.
(Eng., “endue”), signifies “to enter into, get into,” as into clothes, “to put on,” e.g., Mar 1:6; Luk 8:27 (in the best mss.); Luk 24:49 (AV, “endued”); 2Co 5:3; Rev 1:13; Rev 19:14. See ARRAY, ENDUE, PUT ON.
has the same meaning as No. 2; the termination, —sko suggests the beginning or progress of the action. The verb is used in the Middle Voice in Luk 16:19 (of a rich man). Some mss. have it in Luk 8:27, for No. 2 (of a demoniac). In Mar 15:17 the best texts have this verb (some have No. 2). See WEAR.
a strengthened form of No. 2, used in the Middle Voice, “to cause to be put on over, to be clothed upon,” is found in 2Co 5:2, 2Co 5:4, of the future spiritual body of the redeemed.
means “to put on raiment” (see himation, below), Mar 5:15; Luk 8:35.
“to cast around or about, to put on, array,” or, in the Middle and Passive Voices, “to clothe oneself,” e.g., Mat 25:36, Mat 25:38, Mat 25:43, is most frequent in the Apocalypse, where it is found some 12 times (see peribolaion, below). See CAST, No. 10, PUT, No. 9).
Note: The verb enkomboomai, “to grid oneself with a thing,” in 1Pe 5:5, is rendered in the AV, “be clothed with.”
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Clothe
Pro 6:27 (b) This figure reveals the fact that a man’s hidden life surely affects his public activities.
Eze 16:10 (b) Here is an illustration of the way the Lord enriched Israel and took her from being a base nation to make her a glorious people.
Hag 1:6 (a) This is typical of man’s provision to cover his own need. He is left quite unsatisfied. This was illustrated in the story of the fig leaves.
Mat 6:30 (b) Clothing the grass with flowers is a figure of the way in which our blessed Lord covers His people with salvation and with the fruit of the Christian life, as well as temporal mercies.
Mar 5:15 (c) This is a type of the robe of righteousness given to the sinner when he trusts the Saviour.