Strong G4425πτύον
winnowing fork
- Transliteration
- ptuon
- Pronunciation
- ptoo'-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G4429; a winnowing fork (as scattering like spittle): - fan.
Detailed definition
πτύον, -ου, τό
[in Sm.: Isa.30:24 *;]
a winnowing shovel or fan: Mat.3:12, Luk.3:17.†
(AS)
[in Sm.: Isa.30:24 *;]
a winnowing shovel or fan: Mat.3:12, Luk.3:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4425 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fan2
First verses
- Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Luke 3:17Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πτύον [ῠ], τό,
winnowing-shovel, fan, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.588 (in poetry _genitive_ πτυόφιν), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 210, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1084, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.156, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 35)]:—πτέον is Attic dialect accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus Dion. “fragment” 288, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.245, etc.)]
winnowing-shovel, fan, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.588 (in poetry _genitive_ πτυόφιν), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 210, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1084, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.156, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 35)]:—πτέον is Attic dialect accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus Dion. “fragment” 288, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.245, etc.)]