Quick Definition
τίλλω v. I pluck, pluck off
Strong's Definition
perhaps akin to the alternate of 138, and thus to 4951; to pull off
KJV Usage: pluck
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τίλλω ; impf. ἔτιλλον ; fr. Hom. down; to pluck, pluck off: στάχυας, Mt. xii. 1; Mk. ii. 23 [on this ef. p. 524> top]; Lk. vi. 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τίλλω tillō 3x
to pull, pluck off, Mt. 12:1; Mk. 2:23; Lk. 6:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τίλλω
[in LXX: II Es 9:3, Is 18:7, Da LXX 7:4 (מָרַט) * ;]
to pluck, pluck off: στάχυας, Mt 12:1, Mk 2:23, Lk 6:1.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τίλλω (tillō) — to pluck. τίλλω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]future τῐλῶ (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔτῑλα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τέτιλκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—middle, Epic dialect imperfect τιλλέσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]future τῐλοῦμαι (παρα-) [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ἐτίλθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐτίλην [ῐ[LXX]; 3rd.pers. singular imperative τιλήτωι [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; participle τειλείς (i.e. τιλ-) [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: perfect τέτιλμαι [LXX+6th c.BC+]:—pluck or pull outhair, etc., πολιὰς δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἀνὰ τρίχας ἕλκετο χερσί, τίλλων ἐκ κεφαλῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίλλε κόμην[Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν [NT+3rd c.AD+]middle, Χαίτας τίλλεσθαι pluck out one's hair, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. with accusative of that from which the hair or feathers are plucked, τίλλειν πέλειαν, of birds of prey,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίλλουσι τὴν γλαῦκα, of small birds attacking the owl, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so of the cuckoo,[Refs]; as a description of an idle fellow, τίλλων ἑαυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a cook, pluck a fowl, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. πλάτανον pluck its leaves off, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κῴδια τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also, pluck live sheep, instead of shearing, τοῖς τίλλουσιν τὰ ὑποδίφθερα (i.e. πρόβατα) [Refs 3rd c.BC+] see entry {πεκτῆρες}:—passive, have one's hair plucked out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέφρᾳ τιλθῆναι, as a punishment of adulterers, [Refs]; see at {παρατίλλω, τέφρα}.
3. with accusative cognate, τίλματα τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4. τ. μέλη pluck the harp-strings, play harp-tunes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. pick so as to extract fibre, τετίλκασι στιππύου δέσμας σ [Refs]
6. νεφέλιον παρατεταμένον καὶ τιλλόμενον cirrous, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. since tearing the hair was a usual expression of sorrow, τίλλεσθαί τινα tear one's hair in sorrow for any one, τόν γ᾽ ἄλοχός τε φίλη καὶ πότνια μήτηρ τιλλέσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III. metaphorically, pluck, vex, annoy, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; στέφανον τ., ={τοὺς νόμους λυμαίνεσθαι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, ὑπὸ συκοφαντῶν τίλλεσθαι, with allusion to a bird's feathers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]