Strong's Lexicon
G1609
G1609 — ἐκπτύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1609 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐκπτύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1537 and G4429 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | ekptuo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ek-ptoo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to spit out 2. (figuratively) spurn |
| KJV Renderings: | reject |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκπτύω: 1 aorist ἐξεπτυσα; to spit out (Homer, Odyssey 5, 322, etc.); tropically, to reject, spurn, loathe: τί, Gal 4:14, in which sense the Greeks used καταπτύειν, προσπτύειν, πτύειν, and Philo παραπτύειν; cf. Kypke and Loesner (or Ellicott) on Galatians, the passage cited; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 17.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐκπτύω (reject)
Galatians 4:14
- KJV: And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not nor rejected but received me as an angel of God as Christ Jesus
- GK: και τον πειρασμόν μου τον εν τη σαρκί μου ουκ εξουθενήσατε ουδέ εξεπτύσατε αλλ΄ ως άγγελον θεού εδέξασθέ με ως χριστόν Ιησούν