Greek · Strong's G4429
πτύω
ptyoptoo'-o
to spit
1890 spelling: ptýō
- π80
- τ300
- υ400
- ω800
Isopsephy 1,580
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to spit
Rendered in the KJV as
spit.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- πτύσας2
- ἔπτυσεν1
How it is rendered · 2
- having spit2
- He spat1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAP-NSM · 2
- V-AAI-3S · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 7:33πτύσαςptusasverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularSo Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.here: having spit
- Mark 8:23πτύσαςptusasverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularSo He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.here: having spit