Strong G5089τίλλω
to pluck
- Transliteration
- tillō
- Pronunciation
- til'-lo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
τίλλω
[in LXX: Est.9:3, Isa.18:7, Dan LXX 7:4 (מָרַט) *;]
to pluck, pluck off: στάχυας, Mat.12:1, Mrk.2:23, Luk.6:1.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Est.9:3, Isa.18:7, Dan LXX 7:4 (מָרַט) *;]
to pluck, pluck off: στάχυας, Mat.12:1, Mrk.2:23, Luk.6:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5089 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pluck3
First verses
- Matthew 12:1At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
- Mark 2:23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
- Luke 6:1And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τίλλω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.78, etc.:)]future τῐλῶ (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 123, (παρα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 373)]: aorist ἔτῑλα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.21, (ἀπ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 578. “fragment” 686)]: perfect τέτιλκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 782 (b.). 121 (3rd c.BC))]:—middle, Epic dialect imperfect τιλλέσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.711:)]future τῐλοῦμαι (παρα-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 363.5)]:—passive, aorist ἐτίλθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1083: 2)]aorist ἐτίλην [ῐ[LXX (] LXX.Dan.7.4)]; 3rd.pers. singular imperative τιλήτωι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFay.” 131.18 (3rd-4th c.AD))]; participle τειλείς (i.e. τιλ-) [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 322.36 (3rd c.AD))]: perfect τέτιλμαι [LXX+6th c.BC+ (LXX.Isa.18.7, (ἐκ-) 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 21.10, (ἀπο-) 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.20, (παρα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 516)]:—pluck or pull outhair, etc., πολιὰς δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἀνὰ τρίχας ἕλκετο χερσί, τίλλων ἐκ κεφαλῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.78)]; τίλλε κόμην[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 406; τρίχας 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 271, “Her.” 5; ἐρέβινθον “PCair.Zen.” 719.6 (3rd c.BC))]; τ. στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν [NT+3rd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.12.1; τ. χόρτον τοῖς κτῆσι “PFlor.” 321.47 (3rd c.AD):—)]middle, Χαίτας τίλλεσθαι pluck out one's hair, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.567.)]
2 with accusative of that from which the hair or feathers are plucked, τίλλειν πέλειαν, of birds of prey,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (15.527, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.76; κίρκον εἰσορῶ.. χηλαῖς κάρα τίλλοντα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 209)]; τίλλουσι τὴν γλαῦκα, of small birds attacking the owl, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 609a15)]; so of the cuckoo,[Refs ([prev. work] 618a29 (_passive_))]; as a description of an idle fellow, τίλλων ἑαυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 546, compare “Ra.” 428)]; of a cook, pluck a fowl, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 150.5, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.233a; also τ. λαγών 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 212)]; τ. πλάτανον pluck its leaves off, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 18; τὸν στέφανον τῖλαί με κατ᾽ αὐτίκα λεπτὰ ποησεῖς 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus [same place])]; κῴδια τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.108 = 3p.78 (3rd c.BC))]; also, pluck live sheep, instead of shearing, τοῖς τίλλουσιν τὰ ὑποδίφθερα (i.e. πρόβατα) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 430.3 (3rd c.BC),compare 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)] see entry {πεκτῆρες}:—passive, have one's hair plucked out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 593)]; τέφρᾳ τιλθῆναι, as a punishment of adulterers, [Refs ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1083)]; see at {παρατίλλω, τέφρα}.
3 with accusative cognate, τίλματα τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.48b, compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.70.)]
4 τ. μέλη pluck the harp-strings, play harp-tunes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 256 (Lyric poetry).)]
5 pick so as to extract fibre, τετίλκασι στιππύου δέσμας σ [Refs (“PCair.Zen.” [prev. cited])]
6 νεφέλιον παρατεταμένον καὶ τιλλόμενον cirrous, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 43.)]
II since tearing the hair was a usual expression of sorrow, τίλλεσθαί τινα tear one's hair in sorrow for any one, τόν γ᾽ ἄλοχός τε φίλη καὶ πότνια μήτηρ τιλλέσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.711: without _accusative_, τιλλόμενοι καὶ κλαίοντες 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.36 W.)]
III metaphorically, pluck, vex, annoy, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 13 B)]; στέφανον τ., ={τοὺς νόμους λυμαίνεσθαι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Pythagorae - Porphyrii Opuscula” 42:)] —passive, ὑπὸ συκοφαντῶν τίλλεσθαι, with allusion to a bird's feathers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 285. (Not found in _Attic dialect_ Prose.))]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.78, etc.:)]future τῐλῶ (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 123, (παρα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 373)]: aorist ἔτῑλα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.21, (ἀπ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 578. “fragment” 686)]: perfect τέτιλκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 782 (b.). 121 (3rd c.BC))]:—middle, Epic dialect imperfect τιλλέσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.711:)]future τῐλοῦμαι (παρα-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 363.5)]:—passive, aorist ἐτίλθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1083: 2)]aorist ἐτίλην [ῐ[LXX (] LXX.Dan.7.4)]; 3rd.pers. singular imperative τιλήτωι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFay.” 131.18 (3rd-4th c.AD))]; participle τειλείς (i.e. τιλ-) [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 322.36 (3rd c.AD))]: perfect τέτιλμαι [LXX+6th c.BC+ (LXX.Isa.18.7, (ἐκ-) 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 21.10, (ἀπο-) 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.20, (παρα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 516)]:—pluck or pull outhair, etc., πολιὰς δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἀνὰ τρίχας ἕλκετο χερσί, τίλλων ἐκ κεφαλῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.78)]; τίλλε κόμην[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 406; τρίχας 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 271, “Her.” 5; ἐρέβινθον “PCair.Zen.” 719.6 (3rd c.BC))]; τ. στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν [NT+3rd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.12.1; τ. χόρτον τοῖς κτῆσι “PFlor.” 321.47 (3rd c.AD):—)]middle, Χαίτας τίλλεσθαι pluck out one's hair, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.567.)]
2 with accusative of that from which the hair or feathers are plucked, τίλλειν πέλειαν, of birds of prey,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (15.527, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.76; κίρκον εἰσορῶ.. χηλαῖς κάρα τίλλοντα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 209)]; τίλλουσι τὴν γλαῦκα, of small birds attacking the owl, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 609a15)]; so of the cuckoo,[Refs ([prev. work] 618a29 (_passive_))]; as a description of an idle fellow, τίλλων ἑαυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 546, compare “Ra.” 428)]; of a cook, pluck a fowl, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 150.5, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.233a; also τ. λαγών 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 212)]; τ. πλάτανον pluck its leaves off, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 18; τὸν στέφανον τῖλαί με κατ᾽ αὐτίκα λεπτὰ ποησεῖς 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus [same place])]; κῴδια τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.108 = 3p.78 (3rd c.BC))]; also, pluck live sheep, instead of shearing, τοῖς τίλλουσιν τὰ ὑποδίφθερα (i.e. πρόβατα) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 430.3 (3rd c.BC),compare 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)] see entry {πεκτῆρες}:—passive, have one's hair plucked out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 593)]; τέφρᾳ τιλθῆναι, as a punishment of adulterers, [Refs ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1083)]; see at {παρατίλλω, τέφρα}.
3 with accusative cognate, τίλματα τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.48b, compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.70.)]
4 τ. μέλη pluck the harp-strings, play harp-tunes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 256 (Lyric poetry).)]
5 pick so as to extract fibre, τετίλκασι στιππύου δέσμας σ [Refs (“PCair.Zen.” [prev. cited])]
6 νεφέλιον παρατεταμένον καὶ τιλλόμενον cirrous, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 43.)]
II since tearing the hair was a usual expression of sorrow, τίλλεσθαί τινα tear one's hair in sorrow for any one, τόν γ᾽ ἄλοχός τε φίλη καὶ πότνια μήτηρ τιλλέσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.711: without _accusative_, τιλλόμενοι καὶ κλαίοντες 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.36 W.)]
III metaphorically, pluck, vex, annoy, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 13 B)]; στέφανον τ., ={τοὺς νόμους λυμαίνεσθαι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Pythagorae - Porphyrii Opuscula” 42:)] —passive, ὑπὸ συκοφαντῶν τίλλεσθαι, with allusion to a bird's feathers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 285. (Not found in _Attic dialect_ Prose.))]