Quick Definition
to gird
Strong's Definition
to compress (with a belt)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: gird up.
TWOT Reference: 2423
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (Piel) to gird up
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁנַס (sha.nas) — to gird. (Piel) to gird up
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Dress | verb pi
Collocation: שׁנס מָתְנַיִם
to gird one's loins, to tuck one's cloak into one's belt, to tie up one's skirts literally: to gird (one's) loins; hence: = action by which humans pull up their robes and tie a belt or piece of cloth around their waist to keep it in place, ► in order to be able walk or work without being hampered
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁנַס] vb. Pi. gird up;—1 K 18:46. ref