Strong's Lexicon

G1609

G1609 — ἐκπτύω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekekptuoverbOccurrences: 1

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
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