Lexical Summary ekptyō: to spit out, to spurn Original Word: ἐκπτύωTransliteration: ekptyō Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ptoo'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to spit out, to spurn Meaning: to spit out, to spurn Strong's Concordance reject, loatheFrom ek and ptuo; to spit out, i.e. (figuratively) spurn -- reject. see GREEK ek see GREEK ptuo Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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. |
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