Quick Definition
I spit upon, disdain, reject, loathe
Strong's Definition
to spit out, i.e. (figuratively) spurn
Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G4429 (πτύω);
KJV Usage: reject
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκπτύω: 1 aorist ἐξεπτυσα; to spit out (Homer, Odyssey 5, 322, etc.); tropically, to reject, spurn, loathe: τί, Gal_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.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκπτύω ekptyō 1x
lit., to spit out; met. to reject, Gal_4:14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐκ -πτύω ,
1. to spit out.
2. to spit at in disgust, to abominate, loathe ( = cl . ἀποπτ -, καταπτ -): Gal_4:14 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκπτύω [page 198]
ἐκπτύω occurs in the NT only in Gal_4:14 , where Clemen ( Primitive Christianity , p. 342) thinks it is to be understood literally, and alludes to spitting as a prophylactic custom observed at the sight of invalids and especially of epileptics : cf. Krenkel Beitrδge zur Aufhellung der Geschichte u. der Briefe des Paulus , 1890, p. 47 ff. On the other hand for the metaphorical sense usually found in the passage, cf. Plut. Mor. p. 328 C ὥσπερ χαλινὸν τὸν λόγον ἐκπτύσαντες . For an exposition of the whole verse with the aid of MGr see de Zwaan in ZNTW x. p. 246 ff., where reference is made to a corresponding shaking out the lap as a kind of curse in Neh_5:13 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐκπτύω fut. ύσω also -ύσομαι "to spit out of", c. gen., Od. "to spit" in token of disgust, Ar. :— "to spit at, abominate", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-πτύω
__1. to spit out.
__2. to spit at in disgust, to abominate, loathe (= cl. ἀποπτ-, καταπτ-): Gal.4:14.†
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