περι-ζώννυμι and -ύω

(see Veitch, see word), [in LXX chiefly for חָגַר, also for אָזַר, etc. ;]

to gird (with dupl, accusative, as ὁ περιζωννύων με δύναμιν, Psa.18:32): pass. αἱ ὀσφύες περιεζωσμέναι, Luk.12:35; π. ζώνην χρυσῆν, Rev.1:13 15:6 (but see infr.). Mid. to gird oneself: Luk.12:37 17:8 (and so perh. Re, ll. with supr. cf. 1Ki.2:4); with accusative of thing(s) (figuratively), τ. ὀσφύν, Eph.6:14 (before ἐν, cf. 1Ch.15:27).†

(AS)

to gird; to gird oneself