Quick Definition
ἀπεκδύομαι v. I strip, divest, renounce
Strong's Definition
middle voice from 575 and 1562; to divest wholly oneself, or (for oneself) despoil
KJV Usage: put off, spoil
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δύνω
49.20 · Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning
to undress, to disrobe, stripping off to take off or strip off clothing ἀπεκδύομαι in COL 2:15 appears to be a case of figurative usage, but it may refer to the stripping away of weapons and hence the removal of authority and power.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπεκδύομαι apekdyomai 2x
to put off, renounce, Col. 3:9; to despoil a rival, Col. 2:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀπ-εκ-δύω, to strip off clothes or arms; mid., to strip off from oneself: Col 3:9; to strip, despoil (mid, for act., ICC, in l.; but cf. Lft., Ellic.), Col 2:15.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπεκδύομαι (apekduomai) — to take off. ἀπεκ-δύομαι, future -δύσομαι [ῡ]: aorist 1 -εδῡσάμην:— strip off oneself: metaphorically, put off, τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον[NT]
II. strip off for oneself, despoil, τινά [Refs]