Strong's Lexicon
G4092 — πίμπρημι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4092 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πίμπρημι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a reduplicated and prolonged form of a primary preo preh'-o which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | pimpremi |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pim'-pray-mee |
| Meaning: | 1. to fire, i.e. burn (figuratively and passively, become inflamed with fever) |
| KJV Renderings: | be (X should have) swollen |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πιμπράω (for the more common πίμπρημι (cf. Curtius, § 378, Vanicek, p. 510f)): (present infinitive passive πίμπρασθαι; but R G L Tr WH πίμπρασθαι from the form πίμπρημι (Tdf. ἐμπίπρασθαι, which see)); in Greek writings from Homer ((yet only the aorist from πρήθω)) down; to blow, to burn (on the connection between these meanings cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer, under the word πρήθω); in the Scriptures four times to cause to swell, to render tumid (cf. Sophocles’ Lexicon, under the word): γαστέρα, Num 5:22; passive, to swell, become swollen, of parts of the body, Num 5:21; Num 5:27: Act 28:6 (see above and in ἐμπιπράω). (Compare: ἐμπιπράω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πίμπρημι (be (X should have) swollen)
Acts 28:6
- KJV: Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly but after they had looked a great while and saw no harm come to him they changed their minds and said that he was a god
- GK: οι δε προσεδόκων αυτόν μέλλειν πίμπρασθαι η καταπίπτειν άφνω νεκρόν επί πολύ δε αυτών προσδοκώντων και θεωρούντων μηδέν άτοπον εις αυτόν γινόμενον μεταβαλλόμενοι έλεγον θεόν αυτόν είναι