UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: δύνω

Sense 1: to undress, to disrobe, stripping off

Semantic entry: 49.20

Semantic domains: Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning

Definition: to take off or strip off clothing

Notes: ἀπεκδύομαι in RV COL 2:15 · LV COL 2:15 · Read together 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.

COL 2:15: RV COL 2:15 · LV COL 2:15 · Read together COL 2:15

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OET-RV COL 2:15

15 He had disarmed the rulers and authorities and publicly exposed them, because he had won the victory over them on the post.

OET-LV COL 2:15

15 having _disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he _exposed them in public, having _triumphed over _them in him.

COL 3:9: RV COL 3:9 · LV COL 3:9 · Read together COL 3:9

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OET-RV COL 3:9

9 Don’t lie to each other, because you’ve gotten rid of the ‘old person’ and their habits.

OET-LV COL 3:9

9 Be_ not _lying to one _another, having _disarmed the old person with the practices of _him,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀπεκδύομαι

Form 1

Sense 1: to undress, to disrobe, stripping off