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GreekG1716Verb

ἐμπτύω

emptuō

6Occurrences
G1716Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to spit at or on

from G1722 (ἐν) and G4429 (πτύω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
= cl., *καταπτύω *(Ruth., NPhr., 66), to spit upon: with dative . Pass.
LXX: A, (יָרָק)*

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ἐμπτύω appears 6 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Mark
3
Matthew
2
Luke
1

Key Passages

Luke 18:32BSB

He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.

Matthew 26:67BSB

Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him

Matthew 27:30BSB

Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.

Mark 10:34BSB

who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”

Mark 14:65BSB

Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.