Strong G9013ῥάπτω
to sew
- Transliteration
- rhaptō
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
1. to sew or stitch together, stich , (Iliad by Homer):—; Mid., ῥάπτεσθαι ὀχετὸν δερμάτων to make oneself a pipe of leather, (Herdotus Historicus); ῥαψάμενος τουτί (i.e. τὸ προσκεφάλαιον) having got it stitched , (Aristophanes Comicus); but also, to sew on or to one , (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Pass., ἐρράφθαι τὸ χεῖλος to have one's lip sewed up , (Demosthenes Orator)
2. metaphorically to devise, contrive, plot , (Homer), etc.; proverbial, τὸ ὑπόδημα ἔρραψας μὲν σύ, ὑπεδήσατο δὲ Ἀρισταγόρης you made the shoe , but Aristagoras put it on, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
2. metaphorically to devise, contrive, plot , (Homer), etc.; proverbial, τὸ ὑπόδημα ἔρραψας μὲν σύ, ὑπεδήσατο δὲ Ἀρισταγόρης you made the shoe , but Aristagoras put it on, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)