Strong G8788πηδάω
to spring up
- Transliteration
- pēdaō
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
1. to leap, spring, bound , ὑψόσε ποσσὶν ἐπήδα (Iliad by Homer); π. ἐς σκάφος (Sophocles Tragicus); with accusative cognate, πήδημα πηδᾶν to take a leap, (Euripides); with accusative loci, πεδία πηδᾶν to bound over them, (Sophocles Tragicus); π. πλάκα (Euripides)
2. metaphorically of an arrow, (Iliad by Homer); of the heart, to leap, throb , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.; of sudden changes, τί πηδᾶις εἰς ἄλλους τρόπου; (Euripides) (ML)
2. metaphorically of an arrow, (Iliad by Homer); of the heart, to leap, throb , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.; of sudden changes, τί πηδᾶις εἰς ἄλλους τρόπου; (Euripides) (ML)