Strong G4766στρώννυμι

to spread

Transliteration
strōnnumi
Pronunciation
strone'-noo-mee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Or a simpler form στρωννύω strōnnuō strone'-noo'-o prolonged from a still simpler form στρόω stroō stro'-o (used only as an alternate in certain tenses; probably akin to G4731 through the idea of positing); to strew that is spread (as a carpet or couch): - make bed furnish spread strew.

Detailed definition

στρωννύω or στρώννυμι
(seeBl., § 23, 1; Veitch, see word), [in LXX for יַצַע hoph., etc.;]
to spread: ἱμάτια ἐν τ. ὁδῷ (εἰς τ. ὁδόν), Mat.21:8, Mrk.11:8; of making a bed, στρῶσον (sc. τ. κλίνην) σεαυτῷ, Act.9:34; of furnishing a room, ἐστρωμένον, spread with carpets or carpeted couches (cf. Eze.23:41), Mrk.14:15, Luk.22:12.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4766 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • furnish2
  • spread2
  • straw2
  • bed1
  • make1

First verses

  1. Matthew 21:8
    And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
  2. Mark 11:8
    And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.
  3. Mark 14:15
    And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
  4. Luke 22:12
    And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
  5. Acts 9:34
    And Peter said unto him, Eneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
στόρνῡμι,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 702 (_anapaest meter_))]; imperative στόρνυ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 844)]; participle στορνύντες, στορνύντα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.54, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 902)]; compound καστορνῦσα (={καταστ-}) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.32)]; also στορνύω (variant{στρωννύω}), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 295.4)]; στρώννῡμι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 909, “Comica Adespota” 1211)] (written with one ν in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 589.44 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC), but with two, [prev. work] 9))]; also στρωννύω, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.216 J., (ὑπο-) 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.48d)]: imperfect ἐστρώννυον [NT (NT.Matt.21.8)]: later στορεννύω, στορέννυμι, [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 748.31, 32)]; present participle στορεννύς (variant{στρωννύς}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 877:)]future στορῶ (παρα-) [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 481, (ὑπο-) 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 90.1; also στρώσω LXX.Isa.14.11, (ὑπο-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 59, 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 46)]; and στρωννύσω (ἐπι-) Ps.-[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 24)]; Doric dialect infinitive στορεσεῖν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.33:)]aorist ἐστόρεσα, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry στόρεσα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.621, 660, +others, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.129, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 192 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.99; also ἔστρωσα [prev. author] 6.139, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 921)]: perfect ἔστρωκα [LXX (LXX.Pro.7.16)]: pluperfect ἐστρώκειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 4.16, (ὑπ-) 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 34.2:)] —middle, στόρνῠμαι (ὑπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.16)]: imperfect ἐστόρνυντο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.33, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.16)]: future στρώσομαι [LXX (LXX.Eze.27.30:)]aorist ἐστορεσάμην, Epic dialect στ-, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.33, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.375, (ὑπ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1030; also ἐστρωσάμην 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.7:)] —passive, στρώννῠμαι (variant{στορέννυμαι}) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Scholia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.57d)]; ὑποστορένυσθαι is falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 22.5)]: aorist ἐστορέσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.787e, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 67.14, (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19; ἐστορήθην 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; ἐστρώθην (κατ-) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.114:)]perfect ἐστόρεσμαι (ὑπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.10; ἔστρωμαι “hymnus ad Venerem” 158, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 380, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34, etc.)]: pluperfect ἐστόρεστο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 74.13, 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Eclogae” 13.2; also ἔστρωτο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.155, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193)]:—spread the clothes over a bed, λέχος στορέσαι spread or make up a bed, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.621, 660)]; so δέμνια, ῥῆγος σ., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.301, 13.73; δέμνια 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 902; κλίνην στρώσαντες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.139; σ. τισὶ λέχος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 844; λέκτρα σοι ἀντὶ γάμων ἐπιτύμβια “Anthologia Graeca” 7.604 (Paul. Sil.))] (also in middle, ἐστόρνυντο τὰ κλισμία [Refs (Callias Epigrammaticus [same place]))]: absolutely, make a bed, χαμάδις στορέσας [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.599; στρῶσον ἡμῖν ἔνδον 3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.581b, cf. NT.Act.9.34.)]
b generally, spread, strew, ἀνθρακιὴν σ. [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.213; φιτροὺς σ. καθύπερθεν ἐλαίης 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.405; [στιβάδας] εἰς ὁδόν NT.Mark.11.8)]: also in middle, frequently in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus, as 13.33, +others)]
2 spread smooth, level, πόντον σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.158, compare “Hymni Homerici” 33.15, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.57, etc.; τὸ κῦμα ἔστρωτο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193; στόρεσεν πόντον οὐρία 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.129; αἰθὴρ νήνεμος ἐστόρεσεν δίνας 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1155)]; χρηστὴν ἡμῖν ἡ θάλαττα τὴν γαλήνην ἐστ. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.1)]; metaphorically, calm, soothe, ἀτέραμνον στορέσας ὀργήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 192 (_anapaest meter_); [φθόνου] στορεσθέντος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.787e.)]
2.b level, lay low, πλάτανον δαπέδοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.247 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus): _metaphorically_, Μήδων δύναμιν 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 90; λῆμα μὲν οὔπω στόρνυσι χρόνος τὸ σόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 702 (_anapaest meter_); ἵνα Πελοποννησίων στορέσωμεν τὸ φρόνημα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18.)]
3 ὁδὸν σ. pave a road, [Refs (“IGRom.” 4.1431.5, +others (from Smyrna), uncertain in “IG” 12(5).229.7 (from Paros))]:—passive, ἐστρωμένη ὁδός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.138)]; ἔδαφος λίθων πλαξὶ λείαις ἐστρ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 12, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 67.14.)]
II strew or spread with a thing, μυρσίνῃσι τὴν ὁδόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.54, compare 8.99; πέδον πετάσμασιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 909, compare 921)]; saddle a horse, provide a mount, τινι [Refs 7th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 138.22 (7th c.AD))]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372b)]; of a room, to be furnished with στρώματα, [NT (NT.Mark.14.15)]; πλοῖον.. ἐστρωμένον καὶ σεσανιδωμένον uncertain meaning in [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.1164 (h) 7 (3rd c.AD). (Cf. Sanskrit)]stṛṇómi, stṛṇā´mi 'strew', Latin sterno, Engl. strew.)