ΠΤΥΞΑΣ, πτυξας
PTYXAS, ptyxas
Sounds Like: PTOO-xass
Translations: folding, having folded, rolling up, having rolled up, wrapping, having wrapped
From the root: ΠΤΥΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the verb πτύσσω (ptyssō), meaning 'to fold', 'to roll up', or 'to wrap'. As a participle, it describes an action that has been completed, often functioning like an adjective or adverb, indicating that someone 'having folded' or 'having rolled up' something.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G4428 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Luke — 4:20
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 1:16
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 4:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΥΣΣΩ.
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.
- ΠΤΥΞΑΝΤΑ — having folded, folding, who folded, him who folded
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