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G1744 ἐνδύνω (endýnō)
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Quick Definition

ἐνδύνω v. I clothe, enter, creep into

Strong's Definition

from 1772 and 1416; to sink (by implication, wrap (compare 1746) on, i.e. (figuratively) sneak

KJV Usage: creep

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | δύνω

15.94 · Linear Movement · Come/Go Into

to enter in secretly, to slip into to enter secretly and with ulterior motives In order to render the meaning of ἐνδύνω in 2TI 3:6, it may be necessary in some languages to be somewhat more explicit, for example, ‘they enter into houses without being seen’ or ‘they enter into houses without people knowing what they really intend to do.’

2TI 3:6

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐν-δύνω [2 Tim. iii. 6] and ἐν-δύω [Mk. xv. 17 RG]; 1 aor. ἐνέδυσα ; 1 aor. mid. evedvoaunv; pf. ptep. mid. or pass. ἐνδεδυμένος ; Sept. for ¥37; as in the classics, af trans. (prop. to envelop in, to hidein), to put on: τινά τι, a. in a literal sense, fo put on, clothe with a garment: Mt. xxvii. 31; [with τινά alone, ib. 28 L WH mre.]; Mk. xv. 17 RG, 20; Lk. xv. 22. Mid. to put on one’s self, be clothed with: ré[B.191 (166); ef. W. § 32,5], Mt. vi. 25; Lk. xii. 22; [vili. 27 T WH Tr txt.]; Mk. vi. 9; Acts xii. 21; ἐνδεδυμένος with acc. of a thing, Mk. i. 6; Mt. xxii. 11 [B. 148 (129); cf. W. § 32, 2]; Rev.i.18; xv. 6; xix. 14; ἐνδυσάμενος (opp. to γυμνός) clothed with a body, 2 Co. v. 3, on which pass.see γέ, 3 6., (Aristot. de anima 1, 3 fin. p. 407>, 23 ψυχὴν . . . ἐνδύεσθαι σῶμα). b. in metaphorical phrases: of armor fig. so called, ἐνδύεσθαί τὰ ὅπλα [L mrg. ἔργα] τοῦ φωτός, Ro. xiii. 12; τὴν πανοπλίαν τοῦ θεοῦ, τὸν θώρακα τῆς δικαιοσύνης, Eph. vi. 11, 14; θώρακα πίστεως, 1 Th. ν. 8 (with double ace., of obj. and pred., θώρακα δικαιοσύνην, Sap. v. 19 (18), [ef. Is. lix. 17]; prop. ὅπλα, Xen. Cyr. 1, 4, 18; τὸν θώpaka,an.1,8,3). tobe furnished with anything, adorned with a virtue, as if clothed with a garment, ἐνδύεσθαι ἀφθαρσίαν, ἀθανασίαν, 1 Co. xv. 53 sq.; [σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρpod, Col. iii. 12]; δύναμιν, Lk. xxiv. 49, (ἰσχύν, Is. li. 9; [lii. 1; δύναμιν, εὐπρέπειαν, Ps. xcii. (xciii.) 1; αἰσχύνην, Ps. xxxiv. (xxxv.) 26; cxxxi. (cxxxii.) 18; 1 Mace. i. 29; δικαιοσύνην, Job xxix. 14; Ps. exxxi. (exxxii.) 9; σωτηρίαν, ibid. 16; ete.]; dvew ἀλκήν, Hom. Il. [9, 231]; 19, 36; ἕννυσθαι and ἐπιέννυσθαι ἀλκήν, 1]. 20, 381; Od. 9, 214 ete.; many similar exx. in Hebr. and Arabic, ef. Gesenius, Thesaur. ii. 742; Lat. induere novum ingenium, Liv. 8, 33); τὸν καινὸν ἄνθρωπον, i.e. a new purpose and life, Eph. iv. 24; Col. iii. 10; Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, to become so possessed of the mind of Christ as in thought, feeling, and action to resemble him and, as it were, reproduce the life he lived, Ro. xiii. 14; Gal. iii. 27; (similarly the Greeks and Romans said [ef. W. 30], τὸν Ταρκύνιον ἐνδύεσθαι, Dion. lial. 11, 5,5; ῥίψας τὸν στρατιώτην ἐνέδυ τὸν σοφιστήν, Liban. ep. 968 ; proditorem et hostem induere, Tac. ann. 16, 28; cf. Fritzsche on Rom. iii. p. 143 sq.; Wieseler on Gal. p. 317 sqq.; [Gataker, Advers. mise. 1, 9 p. 223 sqq.]). 2. intrans. to creep into, insinuate one’s self into; to enter: ἐνδύνοντες εἰς τὰς οἰκίας, 2 Tim. iii.6. [Comp.: ἐπ-ενδύω.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐνδύνω endynō 1x

enter, creep in, 2 Tim. 3:6*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐν-δύνω, v.s. ἐνδύω.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐνδύνω (endunō) — to sneak. ἐνδύω or ἐνδύνω (ἐνδυνέω variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+], with middle ἐνδύομαι, future -δύσομαι: aorist 1 -εδυσάμη; Epic dialect aorist or imperfect -εδυσόμην: aorist 2 active -έδυν: perfect -δέδῡκα:

I. with accusative of things vel loci, go into,

I.1. of clothes, put on, ἔνδυνε χιτῶνα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν σκευήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἐνδέδῡκα, wear, κιθῶνας λινέους [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ἐν δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἐδύσετο χαλκόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐνδύεσθαι ὅπλα variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τὸν Ταρκύνιον ἐνδύεσθαι assume the person of T., [NT+1st c.BC+]:—passive, to be clothed in, have on, ἐσθῆτα ἐνδεδύσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. enter, press into, with accusative, ἐν δέ οἱ ἦτορ δῦν᾽ ἄχος ἄτλητον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀκοντιστὺν ἐνδύσεαι thou wilt enter the contest [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐ. εἰς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ἐνδῦναι enter upon it, undertake it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, enter, [Refs 5th c.BC+] insinuate oneself into their minds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐνὶ χροῒ δύετο ῥινὸς ἐντυπάς Epic.in[Refs]perfect passive, φυσικαῖς ἐνδεδυμένος αἰτίαις uncertain in [Refs 1st c.AD+]: absolutely, creep in, variant for{ἐσ-}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]slip through, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

I.3. sink in, hence τρίβος ἐνδεδυκώς sunken path, [Refs]; ῥίς sunken nose, [Refs]

II. causal in present ἐνδύω, future -δύσω: aorist 1 -έδυσα:—put on another, clothe in, with double accusative, τὴν ἐξωμίδ᾽ ἐνδύσω σε [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. clothe, ἐνδύουσι τὤγαλμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σύ με ἐνδέδυκας [probably ῠ] [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

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