ΠΤΥΕΙΝ, πτυειν
PTYEIN, ptyein
Sounds Like: PTY-ayn
Translations: to spit, to spit upon
From the root: ΠΤΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means 'to spit' or 'to spit upon'. It is often used to describe an act of contempt, insult, or defilement. For example, one might spit on someone to show disdain, or spit on the ground as a sign of rejection.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4429 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 9:335
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΤΥΣΕΝ — spat
- ΕΠΤΥΣΕΝ — he spit, she spit, it spit, he did spit, she did spit, it did spit
- ΠΤΥΟΥΣΑ — spitting, spitting out
- ΠΤΥΣΑΙ — to spit, to spit out, to reject, to despise
- ΠΤΥΣΑΣ — spitting, having spit, to spit
- ΠΤΥΣΗΣ — of spitting, of a spitting
- ΠΤΥΩ — to spit, to spit upon
- ΠΤΥΩΝ — spitting, one who spits, to spit
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