King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1582
Transliteration: ekkremannymi
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-krem'-am-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hang from, hang upon (the lips of a speaker), to listen closely
Meaning: to hang from, hang upon (the lips of a speaker), to listen closely
ἐκκρέμαμαι (middle of ἐκκρεμάννυμι, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. 2:224f; (Veitch, under the word, κρέμαμαι); Buttmann, 61 (53)): (imperfect ἐξεκρεμαμην); to hang from: ἐξεκρέματο αὐτοῦ ἀκούων, hung upon his lips (Vergil Aen. 4, 79), Luke 19:48, where T WH ἐξεκρεμετο, after manuscripts א B, a form which T conjectures "avulgariusuhaudalienumfuisse;" (cf. Buttmann, as above; WHs Appendix, p. 168). (Plato, Philo, Plutarch, others.)
Word Summary
ekkremannymi: to hang from, hang upon (the lips of a speaker), to listen closely
Original Word: ἐκκρεμάννυμιTransliteration: ekkremannymi
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-krem'-am-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hang from, hang upon (the lips of a speaker), to listen closely
Meaning: to hang from, hang upon (the lips of a speaker), to listen closely
Strong's Concordance
be very attentive. Middle voice from ek and kremannumi; to hang upon the lips of a speaker, i.e. Listen closely -- be very attentive.
see GREEK ek
see GREEK kremannumi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1582: ἐκκρέμαμαιἐκκρέμαμαι (middle of ἐκκρεμάννυμι, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. 2:224f; (Veitch, under the word, κρέμαμαι); Buttmann, 61 (53)): (imperfect ἐξεκρεμαμην); to hang from: ἐξεκρέματο αὐτοῦ ἀκούων, hung upon his lips (Vergil Aen. 4, 79), Luke 19:48, where T WH ἐξεκρεμετο, after manuscripts א B, a form which T conjectures "avulgariusuhaudalienumfuisse;" (cf. Buttmann, as above; WHs Appendix, p. 168). (Plato, Philo, Plutarch, others.)
STRONGS NT 1582: ἐκκρέμομαιἐκκρέμομαι, see the preceding word.