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G1582 ἐκκρέμαμαι (ekkrémamai)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I hang out, hang upon

Strong's Definition

to hang upon the lips of a speaker, i.e. listen closely

Derivation: middle voice from G1537 (ἐκ) and G2910 (κρεμάννυμι);

KJV Usage: be very attentive

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐκκρέμαμαι (middle of ἐκκρεμάννυμι, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. 2:224f; (Veitch, under the word, κρέμαμαι); Buttmann, 61 (53)): (imperfect ἐξεκρεμαμην); to hang from: ἐξεκρέματο αὐτοῦ ἀκούων, hung upon his lips (Vergil Aen. 4, 79), Luk_19:48, where T WH ἐξεκρεμετο, after manuscripts ΰ B, a form which T conjectures "avulgariusuhaudalienumfuisse;" (cf. Buttmann, as above; WHs Appendix, p. 168). (Plato, Philo, Plutarch, others.) STRONGS NT 1582: ἐκκρέμομαιἐκκρέμομαι, see the preceding word.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐκκρεμάννυμι ekkremannymi 1x mid., to hang upon a speaker, fondly listen to, be earnestly attentive, Luk_19:48

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐκ -κρέμομαι , Luk_19:48 ( WH , see ἐκκρέμαννυμι ).† ἐκ -κρέμαννυμι , [in LXX for H7194 , Gen_44:30 * ;] to hang from or upon; mid ., ἐκκρέμαμαι : fig ., ἐξεκρέματο αὐτοῦ άκούων ( Rec. ; WH read ἐξεκρέμετο , which implies a Pres . ἐκκρέμομαι , otherwise unknown; cf. Veitch , s.v. κρέμαμαι ), Luk_19:48 .†

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐκ-κρέμαννυμι, [in LXX for קָשַׁר, Gen.44:30 * ;] to hang from or upon; mid., ἐκκρέμαμαι: figuratively, ἐξεκρέματο αὐτοῦ άκούων (Rec.; WH read ἐξεκρέμετο, which implies a Pres. ἐκκρέμομαι, otherwise unknown; cf. Veitch, see word κρέμαμαι), Luk.19:48.† (AS)

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