Quick Definition
I shake off
Strong's Definition
to shake violently
Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and tinasso (to swing);
KJV Usage: shake (off)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκτινάσσω: 1 aorist imperative ἐκτινάξατε; 1 aorist middle participle ἐκτιναξάμενος; to shake off, so that something adhering shall fall: τόν χοῦν, Mar_6:11; τόν κονιορτόν, Mat_10:14 (where the genitive τῶν ποδῶν does not depend on the verb but on the substantive (L T WH marginal reading, however, insert ἐκ)); by this symbolic act a person expresses extreme contempt for another and refuses to have any further contact with him (B. D. American edition under the word ); middle to shake off for (the cleansing of) oneself: τόν κονιορτόν ... ἐπί τινα, against one, Act_13:51; τά ἱμάτια, dust from garments, Act_18:6; (cf. B. D. as above; Neh_5:13). (to knock out, τούς ὀδόντας, Homer, Iliad 16, 348; Plutarch, Cat. maj. 14.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκτινάσσω ektinassō 4x
to shake out, shake off, Mat_10:14 ; Mar_6:11 ; Act_13:51 ; Act_18:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ -τινάσσω ,
[in LXX for H5287 ni ., pi ., etc.;]
to shake off: κονιορτόν , Mat_10:14 ; χοῦν , Mar_6:11 . Mid .: κονιορτόν , Act_13:51 ; ἱμάτια , Act_18:6 ( cf. MM , Exp., iii).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκτινάσσω [page 199]
In BGU III. 827 .22 we have ἔπεχετῇ οἰκίᾳ μου , ἐκτίνασσε τὰ ἔρια καὶ τὰ ἱμά [τ ]ια , apparently as part of a spring cleaning : cf. P Fay 117 .21 (A.D. 108) ἐ̣κ̣τίν̣α̣ξο̣ν̣ τὸ διειρον εἵνα ἀμέριμνος ἡ̣ς̣. The verb is used of making an upturn in connexion with a domiciliary visit to the Serapeum, P Par 35 .11 (B.C. 163) τῶν τε φυλακιτῶν ἐκτε [νῶς ] ἐκτιναξάν [τω ]ν καὶ μηθὲν ἄτοπον π [αραλαβόντων : so ib. 37 .12 . A weaker sense appears in P Lond 1170 verso .8 (A.D. 258 9) (= III. p. 193) ἐκτινάσσοντες ἐπὶ μὲν τῷ ἐλαιῶνι , so .11 and cf. Preisigke 4369 b .20 f. (iii/B.C.). For the subst. see P Fay 114 .22 (A.D. 100) μὴ ον ( l. οὖν ) ληρήσῃς τὸν ἐκτιναγμόν σου , don t talk nonsense about your threshing (Edd.). It is used metaphorically in Nah_2:11 ἐκτιναγμὸς καὶ ἀνατιναγμός , καὶ ἐκβραγμὸς καὶ καρδίας θραυσμός .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐκτινάσσω fut. ξω "to shake out"Pass., ἐκ δ᾽ ἐτίναχθεν (epic for -ησαν) ὀδόντες Il. "to shake off" dust from one's feet, NTest. : so in Mid., id=NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-τινάσσω
[in LXX for נָעַר ni., pi., etc. ;]
to shake off: κονιορτόν, Mat.10:14; χοῦν, Mrk.6:11. Mid.: κονιορτόν, Act.13:51; ἱμάτια, Act.18:6 (cf. MM, Exp., iii).†
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