Quick Definition
ἀποτινάσσω v. I shake off
Strong's Definition
to brush off
Derivation: from G575 (ἀπό) and (to jostle);
KJV Usage: shake off
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | τινάσσω (shake [something])
16.8 · Non-Linear Movement
to shake off, to shake out, to shake from to shake something out or off, in order to get rid of an object or a substance In a number of languages quite different terms for shaking will be required for the contexts of ACT 28:5 and LUK 9:5, since in the first instance it is an animate being which clings, and in the second instance it is simply a substance that adheres.
In a number of languages, however, the symbolic meaning of ‘shaking dust off one’s feet’ is not at all clear, so that it may be necessary to add a type of classifier to indicate that such an action symbolizes the breaking off of association. It is for this reason that the expression ἐκτιναξάμενος τὰ ἱμάτια in ACT 18:6 is often translated as ‘he protested by shaking the dust from his clothes.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποτινάσσω apotinassō 2x
to shake off, Lk. 9:5; Acts 28:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-τινάσσω,
[in LXX: Jg 16:20 A (נער ni.), I Ki 10:2 (נטשׁ), La 2:7 (נאר pi.)*;]
to shake of: Lk 9:5, Ac 28:5.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποτινάσσω (apotinassō) — to shake off. ἀποτιν-άσσω [ῐ], shake off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ἀποτινάξασθαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀποτετίνακται τὸ ῥῆμα τῶν ὄνων has got rid of it, [LXX]