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πτύω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πτύω
Greek transliteration: 
ptyō
Simplified transliteration: 
ptyo
Principal Parts: 
πτύσω, ἔπτυσα, -, -, ἔπτυσθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4429
GK Number: 
4772
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1a(4)
Gloss: 
to spit (saliva)
Definition: 
to spit, spit out, Mk. 7:33; 8:23; Jn. 9:6

Greek-English Concordance for πτύω

Mark 7:33 Taking him aside from the crowd privately, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears, and after spitting (ptysas | πτύσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc), he touched his tongue.
Mark 8:23 And taking the hand of the blind man, he led him outside the village. Then, after moistening (ptysas | πτύσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) the eyes of the blind man with (ptysas | πτύσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) saliva (ptysas | πτύσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) and laying his hands on him, Jesus asked him, “What do you see?”
John 9:6 After saying this, he spat (eptysen | ἔπτυσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) on the ground and made mud with his saliva; then he daubed the mud on the man’s eyes