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G3979 πεζῇ (pezēi)
Greek
Adverb
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Quick Definition

on foot

Strong's Definition

foot-wise, i.e. by walking

Derivation: dative case feminine of a derivative of G4228 (πούς) (as adverb);

KJV Usage: a- (on) foot

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πεζῇ (dative feminine from πεζός, which see; cf. Matthiae, § 400), on foot or (if opposed to going by sea) by land: Mat_14:13 R G Tr L text WH text; Mar_6:33. (Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Demosthenes, others.) STRONGS NT 3979: πεζόςπεζός, πεζῇ πεζον (πέζα; see πέδη), from Homer down; 1. on foot (as opposed to riding). 2. by land (as opposed to going by sea): ἠκολούθησαν πεζοί, Mat_14:13, T L marginal reading WH marginal reading (so the Sinaiticus manuscript also) for R G πεζῇ (cf. Winers Grammar, § 54, 2; Buttmann, § 123, 9). (The Sept. for ψΗβΐμΔι and αΐΜψΖβΖμ.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πεζῇ pezē 2x on foot, or, by land, Mat_14:13 ; Mar_6:33

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πεζός , -ή , -όν ( <πούς ), [in LXX for H7273 ;] 1. on foot: Mat_14:13 ( WH , mg ., R , txt .). 2. Opp . to going by sea, by land: Mat_14:13 ( WH , mg ., R , mg .). 3. As adv. , πεζῇ ( sc . ὁδῷ ), on foot or by land: Mt 1413 ( WH , txt .), Mar_6:33 .† πεζῇ , see πεζός .

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πεζῇ [page 500] For the contrast in Mar_6:32 f. between ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ , in the boat, and πεζῇ ( sc. ὁδῷ ), by land, cf. PSI V. 446 .13 (A.D. 133 7) μήτε πλέοντι μήτε πεζῇ βαδί [ζον ]τ̣ι , and Artem. p. 182 .1 τοῖς διαποροῦσι πότερον πεζῇ ἀπιτέον αὐτοῖς ἢ κατὰ πλοῦν συμβουλεύει πεζῆ . In P Tebt I. 5 .28 (B.C. 118) the word is found with the two meanings on foot and by land, ὁμ ]οίως δὲ καὶ τοὺς πεζῆι ἀ̣[ν ]απορε [υομένους ] ἐκ τῆς πόλεως τὴν [ἄ ]γουσαν πεζὴν ὁδὸν . . ., likewise persons who travel on foot up the country from Alexandria by the land-route which leads . . . (Edd.).

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

πεζός, -ή, -όν (πούς), [in LXX for רַגְלִי ;] __1. on foot: Mat.14:13 (WH, mg., R, txt.). __2. Opp. to going by sea, by land: Mat.14:13 (WH, mg., R, mg.). __3. As adv., πεζῇ (sc. ὁδῷ), on foot or by land: Mt 1413 (WH, txt.), Mrk.6:33.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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