Word study · Greek
apékdysis
putting off
Say it: ap-EK-doo-sis (approximate)
ἀπέκδυσις
What it means
A stripping off, a putting off, as of clothes. In 2:11, "the putting off of the body of the flesh," a picture of leaving the old life behind. It appears only here.
Range of meaning
- Putting offStripping away.
- RemovalTaking off.
In Colossians
- Chapter 2
"In the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh" (2:11).
- Chapter 3
"Seeing that you have put off the old man" (3:9).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G0555 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources