ἘΜΠΤΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ, ἐμπτυσαντες
EMPTYSANTES, emptysantes
Sounds Like: em-PTOO-san-tes
Translations: spitting upon, having spit upon, they having spit upon
From the root: ἘΜΠΤΥΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from 'ἐν' (in, on) and 'πτύω' (to spit). It means 'to spit upon' or 'to spit on'. As a participle, it describes an action performed by the subject, often translated as 'having spit upon' or 'spitting upon'. It implies an act of contempt or insult.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1716 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 7:9
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 27:30
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΠΤΥΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΠΤΥΣΕΤΑΙ — will be spit upon, will be spit on
- ἘΜΠΤΥΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will spit on, they will spit at
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