Greek verb · G1716
ἐμπτύω
emptyoemp-too'-o
to spit on/at
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: emptýō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1716is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1716
to spit at or on
The King James renders it: spit (upon).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
emptyo is rendered "to spit on/at". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 26:67Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
Matthew 26:67ἐνέπτυσαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- having spit1
- they spat1
- to spit1
- were spitting1
- will be spit upon1
- will spit upon1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐμπτύειν1
- ἐμπτύσαντες1
- ἐμπτυσθήσεται1
- ἐμπτύσουσιν1
- ἐνέπτυον1
- ἐνέπτυσαν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-FAI-3P
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FPI-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
Matthew
two uses
Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
- ἐνέπτυσανeneptusanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they spat
Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.
- ἐμπτύσαντεςemptusantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having spit
Mark
three uses
who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”
- ἐμπτύσουσινemptusousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will spit upon
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.
- ἐμπτύεινemptueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to spit
They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.
- ἐνέπτυονeneptuonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were spitting
Luke
one use
He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.
- ἐμπτυσθήσεταιemptusthesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be spit upon
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.