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G5597 ψώχω (psṓchō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I rub, rub to pieces

Strong's Definition

to triturate, i.e. (by analogy) to rub out (kernels from husks with the fingers or hand)

Derivation: prolongation from the same base as G5567 (ψάλλω);

KJV Usage: rub

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ψώχω; (from the obsolete ψοωο for ψάω); to rub, rub to pieces: τάς στάχυας ταῖς χερσίν, Luk_6:1. ((middle in Nicander.))

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ψώχω psōchō 1x to rub in pieces, as the ears of grain, Luk_6:1

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† ψώχω ( < ψώω , collat. form of ψάω , to rub), to rub: Luk_6:1 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ψώχω [page 700] rub. The fact that up till now ψώχω is attested only in Luk. 6:1, and (in the middle) in Nicander Theriaca , 619, cannot be stressed for Luke s medical knowledge, but is rather a mere statistical accident : see Cadbury JBL xlv. (1926), p. 199.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ψώχω ψώχω, [Etym: ψάω] "to rub out", ψ. τὰς στάχυας NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ψώχω (ψώω, collat. form of ψάω, to rub) to rub: Luk.6:1.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

6:1

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