Lexical Summary ptyssō: to fold, roll up Original Word: πτύσσωTransliteration: ptyssō Phonetic Spelling: (ptoos'-so) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to fold, roll up Meaning: to fold, roll up Strong's Concordance close. Probably akin to petannumi (to spread; and thus apparently allied to petomai through the idea of expansion, and to ptuo through that of flattening; compare pateo); to fold, i.e. Furl a scroll -- close. see GREEK petomai see GREEK pateo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4428: πτύσσωπτύσσω: 1 aorist participle πτύξας; in classical Greek from Homer down; to fold together, roll up: τό βιβλίον, Luke 4:20 (A. V. closed); see ἀναπτύσσω (and cf. Schlottmann in Riehm under the word Schrift; Strack: in Herzog edition 2 under the word Sehreibkunst, etc. Compare: ἀναπτύσσω.) |
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