Word study
Wrap
5 Hebrew and 3 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: wrapped, wrap, wraps. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “wrap” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- עָטָה âṭâhwrap oneself, enwrap envelop oneselftranslated this way 5 times of its 17 uses · Strong’s H5844Verb · Translated: cover 4, covered 2, wraps 2, wrapped 2Full study and all 15 verses →
Psalm 104:2 He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Isaiah 59:17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
- צָרַר tsârarbind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, crampedtranslated this way 3 times of its 53 uses · Strong’s H6887Verb · Translated: distress 5, foes 4, enemy 4, enemies 4Full study and all 52 verses →
Exodus 12:34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.
Job 26:8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
- לוּט lûṭwrap closely, tightly, enwrap, envelopetranslated this way 2 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s H3874Verb · Translated: wrapped 2, shroud 1Full study and all 3 verses →
1 Samuel 21:9 The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
1 Kings 19:13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- חָבַשׁ châbashbind, bind on, bind uptranslated this way 2 times of its 32 uses · Strong’s H2280Verb · Translated: saddled 11, binds 3, Saddle 2, bind 2Full study and all 30 verses →
Ezekiel 16:10 I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
Jonah 2:5 The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
- חָגַר châgargird, gird on, gird oneselftranslated this way 2 times of its 42 uses · Strong’s H2296Verb · Translated: put 8, around 3, strapped 3, armed 3Full study and all 40 verses →
Exodus 29:9 Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
Ezekiel 27:31 They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.
Greek words (New Testament)
- ἐντυλίσσω entylíssōI wrap up, roll round, enveloptranslated this way 2 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G1794Verb · Translated: wrapped 2, rolled 1Full study and all 3 verses →
Matthew 27:59 So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
Luke 23:53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
- σπαργανόω sparganóōI wrap in swaddling clothestranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s G4683Verb · Translated: wrapped him in swaddling cloths 1, wrapped in swaddling cloths 1Full study and all 2 verses →
Luke 2:7 And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 2:12 And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
- περιβάλλω peribállōI cast around, clothetranslated this way 2 times of its 23 uses · Strong’s G4016Verb · Translated: dressed 6, clothed 5, adorned 2, clothe 2Full study and all 23 verses →
Acts 12:8 “Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
Revelation 10:1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.