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2007-08-01 06:44:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
This is the AV translation of the instruction to the Israelites at Passover. They would normally have worn a long garment that reached the floor. If you were going to walk very far, you tied a cord round your waist and hitched up your frock so that it only came down to the knees.
2007-08-01 06:54:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Metaphorically speaking, you would "gird your loins" (protecting the tender bits, either physically or mentally or both) if you thought there was a good chance you would run into opposition on something. You would be preparing for the worst - just in case.
Anticipation of a struggle has everything to do with it, because a suprise confrontation doesn't give you time to prepare yourself. You can't really do any girding in the thick of the fight, now can you? :)
You might "gird" by taking a drink, meditating, packing the proverbial can of whoop-@ in your back pocket, or putting on an athletic supporter... it really depends on your personal style and what you are expecting to happen...!
2007-08-01 07:24:28 · answer #2 · answered by lkffakyh98lehcoijjgpitjtphuitykl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it just means to put on a belt, so you probably have been doing it every day without knowing it. In biblical times, men didn't normally wear belts with their robes, so girding the loins had a special meaning. Old know all has the right answer, but it was also done in preparation for a fight, to free up the legs for action. Later it came to mean to put on armor, which included a sword belt and/or other armor around the waist.
2007-08-01 09:52:51 · answer #3 · answered by mr.perfesser 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to put on a garment known as a loin cloth. This is worn by folding into a triangle, wrapping the longest side around the waist from behind and pulling the shorter side between the legs before tying all three ends up at the front. This then formed the basis of dress in biblical times and would be worn under a burnoose or light flowing cloak.
2007-08-01 06:49:56 · answer #4 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am glad you asked that question. I have often used the phrase without ever looking up its meaning.
Gird comes from the same root as girdle and it means to put something on or wrap something around like a belt. Loins refers to the area just below the lower abdomen.
To gird one's loins refers metaphorically to put on Armour in preparation for a fight.
2007-08-01 06:54:26 · answer #5 · answered by Alexander R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With a loin girder
2007-08-01 07:08:12 · answer #6 · answered by qbrblclub 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With a loin girder - you can get one on ebay ,just look in the surgical appliances section.
2007-08-01 08:17:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that it is the biblical equivalent of putting your pants on, although biblical pants were more of a loin cloth, a sort of nappy arrangement.
2007-08-01 09:33:02 · answer #8 · answered by kathy w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess its some method of cooking tenderloin or pork loin. Its hard for me to really say, because I'm vegetarian.
Well it could always refer to wearing a cup. You know, a "cup".
2007-08-01 08:06:26 · answer #9 · answered by ♨UFO♨ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a copy of razzle and a tube of swarfega
2007-08-01 09:49:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋