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To unroll

ἀναπτύσσωStrong’s G0380

anaptussō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Anaptussō is the Greek word usually translated “having unrolled”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,”
Luke 4:17 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having unrolled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having unrolled 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἀναπτύσσω anaptussō · to unroll

    ἀνα-πτύσσω [in LXX for פָּרַשׂ,etc. ;] to unroll: τ. βιβλίον, Luk.4:17 (WH, R, ἀνοίξας).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “unroll” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    UNROLL, verb transitive

    1. To open what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth.
    2. To display.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.