Quick Definition
ἀπέκδυσις, εως, ἡ n.f. a putting off, casting off
Strong's Definition
from 554; divestment
KJV Usage: putting off
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | δύνω
49.20 · Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning
to undress, to disrobe, stripping off to take off or strip off clothing
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπ-ἐκ-δυσις, -εως, ἡ, (ἀπεκδύομαι, q.V-), a putting off; laying aside: Col. ii. 11. (Not found in Grk. writ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπέκδυσις apekdysis 1x
a putting or stripping off, renunciation, Col. 2:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀπ-έκ-δυσις, -εως, ἡ
(ἀπεκδύω),
a putting or stripping off: Col 2:11 (MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπέκδυσις is admittedly a word first used by Paul, so far as our present knowledge goes: only one MS of Josephus (Azzét. vi. 142) saves its verb from the same category. There can be little doubt that Lightfoot (on Col 215) rightly treats them both as minted by the Apostle. It was evidently for the special purpose in his mind when writing this letter; and if Nageli (Ρ. 50) asks why he should have coined a word not needed to express some specially Christian conception, the answer is surely that a new compound, formed by prefixing a per-
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπέκδυσις (apekdusis) — removal. ἀπέκ-δῠσις, εως, ἡ, putting off (like clothes), NT.Col.2.11.