Strong's Lexicon
G2576 — καμμύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2576 |
|---|---|
| Word: | καμμύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G2596 and the base of G3466 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | kammuo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kam-moo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to shut down, i.e. close the eyes |
| KJV Renderings: | close |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καμμύω, a form which passed over from the epic (cf. Homer batrach. 191) and common language (Apoll. Dysc. synt. 323, 22; 326, 9) into the Alexandrian and decaying Greek; condemned by Phryn. (as below); derived by syncope and assimilation from καταμύω (which the earlier and more elegant Greeks use) (cf. καμμέν, καμμονη, κάμμορος, from κατά μέν, καταμονη, καταμορος, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Gram. § 117, 2 Anm. 2; Ausf. Gram. ii., p. 373; Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 678f; Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 173f; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 339f; Schäfer ad Lamb. Bos, p. 368; (cf. Buttmann, 62 (55); Winer’s Grammar, 24, 46)): 1 aorist ἐκάμμυσα; to shut the eyes, close the eyes: often with τούς ὀφθαλμούς added; so Mat 13:15 and Act 28:27 (from the Sept. Isa 6:10, for äÈùÇÑò , i. e. to besmear), in both passages the phrase designates the inflexible pertinacity and obstinacy of the Jews in their opposition to the gospel. (Isa 29:10; Lam 3:43; καμμύειν τό τῆς ψυχῆς ὄμμα, Philo de somn. i. § 26.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
καμμύω (close)
Matthew 13:15
- KJV: For this people’s heart is waxed gross and ears are dull of hearing and their eyes they have closed lest at any time they should see with eyes and hear with ears and should understand with heart and should be converted and I should heal them
- GK: επαχύνθη γαρ η καρδία του λαού τούτου και τοις ωσί βαρέως ήκουσαν και τους οφθαλμούς αυτών εκάμμυσαν μήποτε ίδωσι τοις οφθαλμοίς και τοις ωσίν ακούσωσιν και τη καρδία συνώσι και επιστρέψωσι και ιάσομαι αυτούς
Acts 28:27
- KJV: For the heart of this people is waxed gross and their ears are dull of hearing and their eyes have they closed lest they should see with eyes and hear with ears and understand with heart and should be converted and I should heal them
- GK: επαχύνθη γαρ η καρδία του λαού τούτου και τοις ωσί βαρέως ήκουσαν και τους οφθαλμούς αυτών εκάμμυσαν μήποτε ίδωσι τοις οφθαλμοίς και τοις ωσίν ακούσωσι και τη καρδία συνώσι και επιστρέψωσι και ιάσωμαι αυτούς