King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1609
Transliteration: ekptyō
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ptoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spit out, to spurn
Meaning: to spit out, to spurn
ἐκπτύω: 1 aorist ἐξεπτυσα; to spit out (Homer, Odyssey 5, 322, etc.); tropically, to reject, spurn, loathe: τί, Galatians 4:14, in which sense the Greeks used καταπτύειν, προσπτύειν, πτύειν, and Philo παραπτύειν; cf. Kypke and Loesner (or Ellicott) on Galatians, the passage cited; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 17.
Word Summary
ekptyō: to spit out, to spurn
Original Word: ἐκπτύωTransliteration: ekptyō
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ptoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spit out, to spurn
Meaning: to spit out, to spurn
Strong's Concordance
reject, loatheFrom ek and ptuo; to spit out, i.e. (figuratively) spurn -- reject.
see GREEK ek
see GREEK ptuo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1609: ἐκπτύωἐκπτύω: 1 aorist ἐξεπτυσα; to spit out (Homer, Odyssey 5, 322, etc.); tropically, to reject, spurn, loathe: τί, Galatians 4:14, in which sense the Greeks used καταπτύειν, προσπτύειν, πτύειν, and Philo παραπτύειν; cf. Kypke and Loesner (or Ellicott) on Galatians, the passage cited; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 17.