Ephesians 6:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Στῆτε οὖν, περιζωσάμενοι τὴν ὀσφὺν ὑμῶν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, καὶ ἐνδυσάμενοι τὸν θώρακα τῆς δικαιοσύνης·

Transliteration

Stēte oun, perizōsamenoi the osphyn of you in alētheia, and endysamenoi the thōraka of the dikaiosynēs;

Grammar Details

*Stēte*: aorist imperative, 2nd person plural - stand [single, decisive action]
*oun*: conjunction - therefore/then
*perizōsamenoi*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, plural, middle - having girded/belted
*osphyn*: accusative, feminine, singular - waist/loins
*alētheia*: dative, feminine, singular - truth
*endysamenoi*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, plural, middle - having put on
*thōraka*: accusative, masculine, singular - breastplate
*dikaiosynēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of righteousness/justice

Word Meanings

*Stēte*: stand/stand firm/hold your position
*oun*: therefore/then/consequently
*perizōsamenoi*: having girded/belted/fastened around
*osphyn*: waist/loins/mid-section
*alētheia*: truth/reality/genuineness
*endysamenoi*: having put on/clothed yourselves
*thōraka*: breastplate/chest armor
*dikaiosynēs*: righteousness/justice/right conduct

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 59:17 : 17 And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
Luke 12:35 : 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
1 Thess 5:8 : 8 But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Isa 11:5 : 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.
2 Cor 6:7 : 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Eph 5:9 : 9 (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
Rev 9:9 : 9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to war.
Rev 9:17 : 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates [as] of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone: and the {G2776} {G2462} heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceedeth fire and smoke and brimstone.

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