Strong's Lexicon
G4429
G4429 — πτύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4429 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πτύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | ptuo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ptoo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to spit |
| KJV Renderings: | spit |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτύω: ((Latinspuo, ourspue; Curtius, § 382)); 1 aorist ἐπτυσα; from Homer down; to spit: Mar 7:33; Mar 8:23; Joh 9:6. (Compare: ἐκπτύω, ἐμπτύω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πτύω (spit)
Mark 7:33
- KJV: And he took him aside from the multitude and put his fingers into his ears and he spit and touched his tongue
- GK: και απολαβόμενος αυτόν από του όχλου κατ΄ ιδίαν έβαλε τους δακτύλους αυτού εις τα ώτα αυτού και πτύσας ήψατο της γλώσσης αυτού
Mark 8:23
- KJV: And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town and when he had spit on his eyes and put his hands upon him he asked him if he saw ought
- GK: και επιλαβόμενος της χειρός του τυφλού εξήγαγεν αυτόν έξω της κώμης και πτύσας εις τα όμματα αυτού επιθείς τας χείρας αυτώ επηρώτα αυτόν ει βλέπει
John 9:6
- KJV: When he had thus spoken he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay
- GK: ταύτα ειπών έπτυσε χαμαί και εποίησε πηλόν εκ του πτύσματος και επέχρισε τον πηλόν επί τους οφθαλμούς του τυφλού