Lexicon ekptuó: to spit out, to spurn Original Word: ἐκπτύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekptuó Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ptoo'-o) Short Definition: I spit upon, disdain, reject, loathe Definition: I spit out, disdain, reject, loathe. HELPS word-Studies 1609 ekptýō (from 1537 /ek, "wholly out," intensifying 4429 /ptýō, "spit") – properly, spit out (completely, with revulsion) because utterly distasteful, i.e. loathe (thoroughly separate from); reject vigorously, with utter disgust (used only in Gal 4:14). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ek and ptuóDefinitionto spit out, to spurn NASB Translationloathe (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1609: ἐκπτύωἐκπτύω: 1 aorist ἐξεπτυσα; to spit out ( Homer, Odyssey 5, 322, etc.); tropically, to reject, spurn, loathe: τί, Galatians 4:14, in which sense the Greeks used καταπτύειν, προσπτύειν, πτύειν, and Philo παραπτύειν; cf. Kypke and Loesner (or Ellicott) on Galatians, the passage cited; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 17.
Strong's reject, loathe From ek and ptuo; to spit out, i.e. (figuratively) spurn -- reject. see GREEK ek see GREEK ptuo |
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