Strong G4429πτύω
to spit
- Transliteration
- ptuō
- Pronunciation
- ptoo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb (compare G4428); to spit: - spit.
Detailed definition
πτύω
[in LXX: Num.12:14 (יָרָק), Sir.28:12 *;]
to spit: Mrk.7:33 8:23, Jhn.9:6 (cf. ἐκ-, ἐμ-πτύω).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Num.12:14 (יָרָק), Sir.28:12 *;]
to spit: Mrk.7:33 8:23, Jhn.9:6 (cf. ἐκ-, ἐμ-πτύω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4429 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- spit3
First verses
- Mark 7:33And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
- Mark 8:23And 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.
- John 9:6When 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,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πτύω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.697, etc.:)]future πτύσω [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.40)]; πτύσομαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Morb.” 1.28:)]aorist ἔπτῠσα[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 22, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 653, etc.)]: perfect ἔπτῠκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.252, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.374, 11.281:)] —passive, future πτυσθήσομαι (ἀνα-) [NT ([prev. author] 9.686, 15.700, (ἐμ-) NT.Luke.18.32)]: aorist ἐπτύσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.28)]: aorist 2 participle πτυέντα [Refs ([prev. author] “Epid.” 2.3.4)]. [ῡ in present and imperfect; later Epic dialect have ῠ in imperfect before a short syllable, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 10.171)], but mostly in compounds, (ἀνα-) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.570, (ἀπο-) 4.925, (ἐξ-) 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.19)]; ῠ always in aorist): —spit out or up, αἷμα Il.[same place], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 49)]: absolutely, spit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.99, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.42: with _dative_, πτύσας προσώπῳ)] spat in his face, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1232.)]
2 of the sea, disgorge, cast out, με.. τηλόσ᾽ ἀπὸ.. ἠϊόνος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.283 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus), compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 5.596: _metaphorically_, στοργὰν ἔπτυσας εἰς ἀνέμους “Anthologia Graeca” 7.468 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus): _absolutely_, ἐπ᾽ ἀϊόνι πτύοντα, of waves, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.133; ἱστὸς ὄλισθεν εἰς ἅλα πτύσας)]with a splash, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 9.290 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
2.b of fish, spawn, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 6.8.)]
2.c proverbial, πρὶν πτύσαι 'before you can say Jack Robinson', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 202.)]
3 metaphorically, πτύσας with loathing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 653; ἰδεῖν ῥᾷόν ἐστι καὶ πτύσαι 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 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 [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.39, compare 20.11; φρίξας εἰς κόλπον πτύσαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 16.15, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 15, etc.)]; ὑπὸ κόλπον π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.229 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus).)]
II promote the flow of spittle, of certain wines, in passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.52)]. (Cf. Gothic speiwan 'spit', Latin spuo, etc.)
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.697, etc.:)]future πτύσω [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.40)]; πτύσομαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Morb.” 1.28:)]aorist ἔπτῠσα[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 22, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 653, etc.)]: perfect ἔπτῠκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.252, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.374, 11.281:)] —passive, future πτυσθήσομαι (ἀνα-) [NT ([prev. author] 9.686, 15.700, (ἐμ-) NT.Luke.18.32)]: aorist ἐπτύσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.28)]: aorist 2 participle πτυέντα [Refs ([prev. author] “Epid.” 2.3.4)]. [ῡ in present and imperfect; later Epic dialect have ῠ in imperfect before a short syllable, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 10.171)], but mostly in compounds, (ἀνα-) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.570, (ἀπο-) 4.925, (ἐξ-) 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.19)]; ῠ always in aorist): —spit out or up, αἷμα Il.[same place], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 49)]: absolutely, spit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.99, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.42: with _dative_, πτύσας προσώπῳ)] spat in his face, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1232.)]
2 of the sea, disgorge, cast out, με.. τηλόσ᾽ ἀπὸ.. ἠϊόνος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.283 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus), compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 5.596: _metaphorically_, στοργὰν ἔπτυσας εἰς ἀνέμους “Anthologia Graeca” 7.468 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus): _absolutely_, ἐπ᾽ ἀϊόνι πτύοντα, of waves, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.133; ἱστὸς ὄλισθεν εἰς ἅλα πτύσας)]with a splash, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 9.290 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
2.b of fish, spawn, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 6.8.)]
2.c proverbial, πρὶν πτύσαι 'before you can say Jack Robinson', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 202.)]
3 metaphorically, πτύσας with loathing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 653; ἰδεῖν ῥᾷόν ἐστι καὶ πτύσαι 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 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 [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.39, compare 20.11; φρίξας εἰς κόλπον πτύσαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 16.15, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 15, etc.)]; ὑπὸ κόλπον π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.229 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus).)]
II promote the flow of spittle, of certain wines, in passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.52)]. (Cf. Gothic speiwan 'spit', Latin spuo, etc.)