Quick Definition
I spit
Strong's Definition
to spit
Derivation: a primary verb (compare G4428 (πτύσσω));
KJV Usage: spit
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτύω: ((Latinspuo, ourspue; Curtius, § 382)); 1 aorist ἐπτυσα; from Homer down; to spit: Mar_7:33; Mar_8:23; Joh_9:6. (Compare: ἐκπτύω, ἐμπτύω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πτύω ptyō 3x
to spit, spit out, Mar_7:33 ; Mar_8:23 ; Joh_9:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πτύω ,
[in LXX : Num_12:14 ( H3417 ), Sir_28:12 * ;]
to spit: Mar_7:33 ; Mar_8:23 , Joh_9:6 ( cf. ἐκ -, ἐμ -πτύω ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πτύω [page 558]
spit (onomatopoetic, like Lat. spuo , Eng. spew : cf. πυτίζω Boisacq, p. 824). For the use of spittle, as in Mar_7:33 , cf. Klostermann HZNT ad l ., and for the compound ἐπιπτύω see P Leid W xviii. 36 (ii/iii A.D.) (=II. p. 145) ἰς τὴν γῆν ἐπιπτύων , in terram spuens. Cf. also Artem. P. 35 .8 μὴ ἐμεῖν δοκεῖν ἀλλὰ πτύειν (αἷμα ), and the colloquial πρὶν πτύσαι , before you can spit, in Menander Περικ . 202.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πτύω "to spit out or up", Il. : absol. "to spit", Hdt. , Xen. of the sea, "to disgorge", Anth. :—absol., ἐπ᾽ ἀϊόνι πτύοντα, of waves, Theocr. ; πτύσας "with a splash", Anth. metaph., πτύσας "in token of abhorrence or loathing", Soph. ; πτύσας προσώπωι with "loathing" in his face, id=Soph. εἰς κόλπον πτύειν, Lat. in sinum spuere, done three times to avert a bad omen, Theocr.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πτύω
[in LXX: Num.12:14 (יָרָק), Sir.28:12 * ;]
to spit: Mrk.7:33 8:23, Jhn.9:6 (cf. ἐκ-, ἐμ-πτύω).†
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