'Girded' in the Bible

Then the hand of the Lord was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins and outran Ahab to Jezreel.

So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”