Strong's Lexicon
G1582 — ἐκκρέμαμαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1582 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐκκρέμαμαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice from G1537 and G2910 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | ekkremamai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ek-krem'-am-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to hang upon the lips of a speaker, i.e. listen closely |
| KJV Renderings: | be very attentive |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκκρέμαμαι (middle of ἐκκρεμάννυμι, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. 2:224f; (Veitch, under the word, κρέμαμαι); Buttmann, 61 (53)): (imperfect ἐξεκρεμαμην); to hang from: ἐξεκρέματο αὐτοῦ ἀκούων, hung upon his lips (Vergil Aen. 4, 79), Luk 19:48, where T WH ἐξεκρεμετο, after manuscripts à B, a form which T conjectures "avulgariusuhaudalienumfuisse;" (cf. Buttmann, as above; WHs Appendix, p. 168). (Plato, Philo, Plutarch, others.)
STRONGS NT 1582: ἐκκρέμομαιἐκκρέμομαι, see the preceding word.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐκκρεμάννυμι (be very attentive)
Luke 19:48
- KJV: And could not find what they might do for all the people were very attentive to hear him
- GK: και ουχ εύρισκον το τι ποιήσωσιν ο λαός γαρ άπας εξεκρέματο αυτού ακούων