Quick Definition
I spit upon
Strong's Definition
to spit at or on
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and G4429 (πτύω);
KJV Usage: spit (upon)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐμπτύω (see ἐν, III. 3); imperfect ἐνέπτυον; future ἐμπτύσω; 1 aorist ἐνέπτυσα; future passive ἐμπτυσθήσομαι; (from Herodotus down); to spit upon: τίνι, Mar_10:34; Mar_14:65; Mar_15:19; εἰς τό πρόσωπον τίνος, Mat_26:67 (Num_12:14; Plutarch, ii., p. 189 a. (i. e. reg. et imper. apotheg. Phocylides, 17); κατά τό πρόσωπον τίνι, Deu_25:9); εἰς τινα, Mat_27:30; passive to be spit upon: Luk_18:32. Musonius Rufus quoted in Stab. floril. 19, 16. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn. 10:17; (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 66).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐμπτύω emptyō 6x
followed by the dat., or εἰς and the acc., to spit upon, Mat_26:67 ; Mat_27:30
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐμ -πτύω ,
[in LXX : seq . εἰς , Num_12:14 A, Deu_25:9 ( H3417 ) * ;]
= cl ., καταπτύω (Ruth., NPhr., 66),
to spit upon: c . dat ., Mar_10:34 ; Mar_14:65 ; Mar_15:19 ; seq . εἰς , Mat_26:67 ; Mat_27:30 . Pass ., Luk_18:32 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐμπτύω [page 208]
With ἐ . used in the NT in the sense of the Attic καταπτύω , spit upon, as in Mar_10:34 , cf. P Magd 24 .7 (B.C. 218), where the words καὶ ἐνέπτυσεν εἰς τὸ πρόσω [πον have been inserted above the line : cf. Plut. Mor. 189A ἐνέπτυσεν . . εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον , and Herodas v. 76 καὶ τίς οὐκ ἀπαντῶσα ἔς μευ δικαίως τὸ πρόσωπον ἐμπτύοι ; and see Rutherford NP p. 66. In Ev. Petr. 3 the verb is construed with the dat. ἐνέπτυον αὐτοῦ ταῖς ὄψεσι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐμπτύω fut. σω [Etym: ἐν] "to spit into", ἐς ποταμόν Hdt. "to spit upon", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐμ-πτύω
[in LXX: before εἰς, Num.12:14 A, Deu.25:9 (יָרָק)* ;]
= cl., καταπτύω (Ruth., NPhr., 66),
to spit upon: with dative, Mrk.10:34 14:65 15:19; before εἰς, Mat.26:67 27:30. Pass., Luk.18:32.†
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