Strong G3514νήθω
to spin
- Transliteration
- nēthō
- Pronunciation
- nay'-tho
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From νέω neō of like meaning; to spin: - spin.
Detailed definition
νήθω
[in LXX for טָוָה, שָׁזַר hoph., Exo.26:31 35:25, al.;]
to spin: Mat.6:28, Luk.12:27.†
(AS)
[in LXX for טָוָה, שָׁזַר hoph., Exo.26:31 35:25, al.;]
to spin: Mat.6:28, Luk.12:27.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3514 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- spin2
First verses
- Matthew 6:28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
- Luke 12:27Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
νήθω,
spin, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 96, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 289c, LXX.Exo.35.25, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.110 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus), 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 13, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 1.3)] (but said not to be Attic dialect, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.32, “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 109))]: Ionic dialect imperfect νήθεσκες [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 14.134. (Formed from νέω (B), as πλήθω from πλη-, πίμπλημι.))]
spin, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 96, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 289c, LXX.Exo.35.25, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.110 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus), 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 13, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 1.3)] (but said not to be Attic dialect, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.32, “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 109))]: Ionic dialect imperfect νήθεσκες [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 14.134. (Formed from νέω (B), as πλήθω from πλη-, πίμπλημι.))]