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Strong's G1562 ἐκδύω (ekdyo)

Ekdyo means “strip” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1562 — gilalay (“Gilalai”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1562
Language Greek
Linked Usages 36
Books 22

Strong's G1562 Quick Answer

Strong's G1562 ἐκδύω (ekduo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ekduo (ek-doo'-o) v. 1. to cause to sink out of 2. (specially as of clothing) to divest It has 36 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include off, out, and clothed. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
ekduo (ek-doo'-o) v. 1. to cause to sink out of 2. (specially as of clothing) to divest
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
off, out, and clothed

Meaning and Definition

ekduo (ek-doo'-o) v. 1. to cause to sink out of 2. (specially as of clothing) to divest [from G1537 and the base of G1416] KJV: strip, take off from, unclothe Root(s): G1537, G1416

Original Word
ἐκδύω
Transliteration
ekduo
Derivation
Root: δύνω R1: 1537 R2: 1416
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1562. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to strip

Usage: ἐκ-δύω [in LXX chiefly for פָּשַׁט ;] to take of, strip of, strip: with accusative of person(s) (sc. clothing), Mat.27:28; with accusative of person(s) and of thing(s), Mat.27:31, Mrk.15:20, Luk.10:30; mid., to put off: figuratively, of the body, 2Co.5:4.† (AS)

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How Strong's G1562 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ekduo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G1562 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 25 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1562 (ἐκδύω) appears 31 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1562 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1562 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 27:28 KJV

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

Matthew 27:31 KJV

And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

Mark 15:20 KJV

And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

Strong's G1562 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

25 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 37:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his many-colored coat that was upon him.

Leviticus 6:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And he shall put off his robe, and put on another robe, and he shall take forth the offering that has been burned without the camp into a clean place.

Leviticus 16:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And Aaron shall enter into the tabernacle of witness, and shall put off the linen garment, which he had put on, as he entered into the holy place, and shall lay it by there.

Strong's G1562 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 10:3 Septuagint / Brenton

and pulled off the sackcloth which she had on, and put off the garments of her widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and braided the hair of her head, and put on a tire upon it, and put on her garments of gladness, wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasseh her husband.

Judith 16:7 Septuagint / Brenton

For the mighty one did not fall by the young men, Neither did the sons of the Titans smite him, Nor high giants set upon him: But Judith the daughter of Merari Weakened him with the beauty of her countenance.

1 Maccabees 10:62 Septuagint / Brenton

Yea more than that, the king commanded to take off his garments, and clothe him in purple: and they did so.

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1562.

Genesis 37:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his many-colored coat that was upon him.
Leviticus 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall put off his robe, and put on another robe, and he shall take forth the offering that has been burned without the camp into a clean place.
Leviticus 16:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron shall enter into the tabernacle of witness, and shall put off the linen garment, which he had put on, as he entered into the holy place, and shall lay it by there.
Numbers 20:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and take Aaron’s apparel from off him, and put it on Eleazar his son: and let Aaron die there and be added to his people.
Numbers 20:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took Aaron’s garments off him, and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron died on the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
1 Kingdoms 19:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that day and all that night: therefore they said, Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Kingdoms 31:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the morrow that the Philistines come to strip the dead, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on the mountains of Gilboa.
1 Kingdoms 31:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they turned him, and stripped off his armor, and sent it into the land of the Philistines, sending round glad tidings to their idols and to the people.
2 Kingdoms 23:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He arose and smote the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his hand clove to the sword: and the Lord wrought a great salvation in that day, and the people rested behind him only to strip the slain.
1 Chronicles 10:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people.
Nehemiah 4:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Job 11:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; And thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear.
Job 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And has taken the crown from my head.
Job 30:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My paths are ruined; For they have stripped off my raiment: He has shot at me with his weapons.
Proverbs 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A righteous man escapes from a snare, And the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.
Song of Solomon 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
Isaiah 32:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be amazed, be pained, ye confident ones: strip you, bare yourselves, gird your loins;
Isaiah 52:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shake off the dust and arise; sit down, Jerusalem: put off the band of thy neck, captive daughter of Zion.
Lamentations 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nay, serpents have drawn out the breasts, They give suck to their young, The daughters of my people are incurably cruel, As an ostrich in a desert.
Ezekiel 16:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will deliver thee into their hands, and they shall break down thy house of harlotry, and destroy thy high place; and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take thy proud ornaments, and leave thee naked and bare.
Ezekiel 23:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall strip thee of thy raiment, and take away thine ornaments.
Ezekiel 26:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the princes of the nations of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and shall take off their crowns from their heads, and shall take off their embroidered raiment: they shall be utterly amazed; they shall sit upon the ground, and fear their own destruction, and shall groan over thee.
Ezekiel 44:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their robes, in which they minister; and they shall lay them up in the chambers of the sanctuary, and shall put on other robes, and they shall not sanctify the people with their robes.
Hosea 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that I may strip her naked, and make her again as she was at the day of her birth: and I will make her desolate, and make her as a dry land, and will kill her with thirst.
Hosea 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When I have healed Israel, then shall the iniquity of Ephraim be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they have wrought falsehood: and a thief shall come in to him, even a robber spoiling in his way;
Matthew 27:28 New Testament, KJV
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
Matthew 27:31 New Testament, KJV
And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
Mark 15:20 New Testament, KJV
And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
Luke 10:30 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
2 Corinthians 5:4 New Testament, KJV
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Judith 10:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and pulled off the sackcloth which she had on, and put off the garments of her widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and braided the hair of her head, and put on a tire upon it, and put on her garments of gladness, wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasseh her husband.
Judith 16:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the mighty one did not fall by the young men, Neither did the sons of the Titans smite him, Nor high giants set upon him: But Judith the daughter of Merari Weakened him with the beauty of her countenance.
1 Maccabees 10:62 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea more than that, the king commanded to take off his garments, and clothe him in purple: and they did so.
2 Maccabees 8:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So when they had gathered their armor together, and spoiled their enemies, they occupied themselves about the Sabbath, yielding exceeding praise and thanks to the Lord, who had preserved them unto that day, which was the beginning of mercy distilling upon them.
Baruch 4:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my prayer: I will cry unto the Everlasting in my days.
Baruch 5:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of thy mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God forever.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1562, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1562 FAQ

What does ekdyo (ἐκδύω) mean?

Ekdyo (Strong's G1562) is a Greek word most simply glossed "strip". ekduo (ek-doo'-o) v. 1. to cause to sink out of 2. (specially as of clothing) to divest

How many times is ekdyo (ἐκδύω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's G1562 across 22 books.

Where can I study ekdyo (ἐκδύω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1562 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate ekdyo (ἐκδύω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as off, out, and clothed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1562 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 25 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1562, with linked reader references where each row is available.