ΠΤΥΩ, πτυω
PTYŌ, ptyō
Sounds Like: PTOO-oh
Translations: to spit, to spit upon
From the root: ΠΤΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means 'to spit' or 'to spit upon'. It describes the act of expelling saliva from the mouth. In ancient contexts, spitting could be a sign of contempt, disgust, or sometimes even a ritualistic act. It is used to describe a direct physical action.
Inflection: Present Active Indicative, First Person Singular; or Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4429 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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
- ΠΤΥΕΙΝ — to spit, to spit upon
- 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
- ΠΤΥΩΝ — spitting, one who spits, to spit
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