Strong G1582ἐκκρεμάννυμι

to hang upon

Transliteration
ekkremamai
Pronunciation
ek-krem'-am-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Middle voice from G1537 and G2910; to hang upon the lips of a speaker that is listen closely: - be very attentive.

Detailed definition

ἐκ-κρέμαννυμι,
[in LXX for קָשַׁר, Gen.44:30 *;]
to hang from or upon; mid., ἐκκρέμαμαι: figuratively, ἐξεκρέματο αὐτοῦ άκούων (Rec.; WH read ἐξεκρέμετο, which implies a Pres. ἐκκρέμομαι, otherwise unknown; cf. Veitch, see word κρέμαμαι), Luk.19:48.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1582 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • be1

First verses

  1. Luke 19:48
    And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκκρεμ-άννῡμι,
future -κρεμάσω, hang from or upon a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 22 (uncertain); τι ἔκ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1363; λίθον τοῦ ποδός “Anthologia Graeca” 11.100 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus); τινὰ ἐξ Ὀλύμπου 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 1.3.5.)]
II passive, like{ἐκκρέμαμαι}, hang on by, cling to, with genitive, τῶν τε ξυσκήνων ἤδη ἀπιόντων ἐκκρεμαννύμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.75, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 6.)]
II.2 metaphorically, to be devoted to, Ἄρεος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 950.)]