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Strong's #4429 - πτύω

Transliteration

ptýō

Phonetics

ptoo'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

a root word (cf (G4428))

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to spit

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3417 ‑ יָרַק (yaw‑rak');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Mark 2

John 1

NAS (3)

Mark 2

John 1

HCS (3)

Mark 2

John 1

BSB (3)

Mark 2

John 1

ESV (3)

Mark 2

John 1

WEB (3)

Mark 2

John 1

KJV (3)

spat 1

spit 2

NAS (3)

spat 1

spitting 2

HCS (3)

Spitting 1

spitting 1

things He spit 1

BSB (3)

He spat 1

He spit 2

ESV (3)

after spitting 1

spit 2

WEB (3)

he had spit 1

he spat 2

RAH

V-PAPNSM 1

ANT

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 2

BEZ

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 2

BGB

V-AIA-3S 1

V-APA-NMS 2

BMT

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 2

BYZ

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 2

ELZ

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 2

NA26

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAPNSM 2

SBL

V-3AAIS 1

V-AAPNSM 2

SCV

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 2

STV

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 2

TIS

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 2

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 2

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πτύω, Il. 23.697, etc.: fut. πτύσω [ῠ ] Hp. Prorrh. 2.40; πτύσομαι Id. Morb. 1.28: aor. ἔπτῠσα ib. 22, S. Ant. 653, etc.: pf. ἔπτῠκα S.E. M. 8.252, Gal. 10.374, 11.281: — Pass., fut. πτυσθήσομαι ( ἀνα- ) Id. 9.686, 15.700, ( ἐμ- ) Ev.Luke 18:32 : aor. ἐπτύσθην Hp. Morb. 1.28: aor.2 part. πτυέντα Id. Epid. 2.3.4 . [ ῡ in pres. and impf.; later Ep. have ῠ in impf. before a short syll., Nonn. D. 10.171, but mostly in compds., ( ἀνα- ) A.R. 2.570, ( ἀπο- ) 4.925, ( ἐξ- ) Theoc. 24.19; ῠ always in aor. ): — spit out or up, αἷμα Il.l.c., Hp. Art. 49: abs., spit, Hdt. 1.99, X. Cyr. 8.1.42: c. dat., πτύσας προσώπῳ spat in his face, S. Ant. 1232 .

2. of the sea, disgorge, cast out, με . . τηλόσ' ἀπὸ . . ἠϊόνος AP 7.283 ( Leon. ), cf. Opp. H. 5.596: metaph., στοργὰν ἔπτυσας εἰς ἀνέμους AP 7.468 ( Mel. ): abs., ἐπ' ἀϊόνι πτύοντα, of waves, Theoc. 15.133; ἱστὸς ὄλισθεν εἰς ἅλα πτύσας with a splash, AP 9.290 ( Phil. ). of fish, spawn, Babr. 6.8 . prov., πρὶν πτύσαι 'before you can say Jack Robinson', Men. Pk. 202 .

3. metaph., πτύσας with loathing, S. Ant. 653; ἰδεῖν ῥᾷόν ἐστι καὶ πτύσαι Epicr. 3.20 .

4. εἰς κόλπον π ., to avert a bad omen, disarm magic, etc., which was done three times, ὡς μὴ βασκανθῶ δὲ τρὶς εἰς ἐμὸν ἔπτυσα κόλπον Theoc. 6.39, cf. 20.11; φρίξας εἰς κόλπον πτύσαι Thphr. Char. 16.15, cf. Luc. Nav. 15, etc.; ὑπὸ κόλπον π . AP 12.229 ( Strat. ).

II promote the flow of spittle, of certain wines, in Pass., Hp. Vict. 2.52 . (Cf. Goth. speiwan 'spit', Lat. spuo, etc.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πτύω: ((Latinspuo, ourspue; Curtius, § 382)); 1 aorist ἐπτυσα; from Homer down; to spit: Mark 7:33; Mark 8:23; John 9:6. (Compare: ἐκπτύω, ἐμπτύω.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πτύω ,

[in LXX: Numbers 12:14 (H3417), Sirach 28:12*;]

to spit: Mark 7:33; Mark 8:23, John 9:6 (cf. ἐκ -, ἐμ -πτύω ).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For dat. Σαλαμῖνι in Acts 13:5, א AEL read Σαλαμίνῃ, a form not unknown in Byz. Greek : cf. Blass-Debrunner Gr. § 57, and Psaltes Gr. p. 177.

List of Word Forms

έπτυσε επτυσεν ἔπτυσεν πτυσας πτύσας πτύων eptusen eptysen éptysen ptusas ptysas ptýsas