# G1562 ἐκδύω

ἐκδύω (ekdýō), Strong’s G1562: to cause to sink out of, i.e. (specially as of clothing) to divest KJV: strip, take off from, unclothe. Occurs 28 times.

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*ekdýō* — to cause to sink out of, i.e. (specially as of clothing) to divest

KJV: strip, take off from, unclothe

Built from [ἐκ ek](https://besorah.bible/word/G1537) (literal or figurative) + [δύνω dýnō](https://besorah.bible/word/G1416) (to go "down")

Occurs 28 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 27:28](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=28) — They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.
- [Matthew 27:31](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=31) — When they had mocked him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
- [Mark 15:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/15?v=20) — When they had mocked him, they took the purple cloak off him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to…
- [Luke 10:30](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/10?v=30) — Yeshua answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped…
- [2 Corinthians 5:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/5?v=4) — For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened, not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to…
- [Judith 10:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/10?v=3) — She pulled off the sackcloth which she had put on, took off the garments of her widowhood, washed her body all over…
- [Judith 16:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/16?v=8) — “For she put off the apparel of her widowhood for the exaltation of those who were distressed in Israel. She anointed…
- [Baruch 4:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/baruch/4?v=19) — Go your way, O my children. Go your way, for I am left desolate.
- [Baruch 5:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/baruch/5?v=1) — Take off the garment of your mourning and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God.
- [1 Maccabees 10:62](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/10?v=62) — The king commanded that they take off Jonathan’s garments and clothe him in purple, and they did so.