To vomit
ἐμέωStrong’s G1692emeō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Emeō is the Greek word usually translated “spit”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “spit”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to spit 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἐμέω emeō · to vomit
ἐμέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Isa.19:14 (קֵא)* ;] to vomit: figuratively, Rev.3:16.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “vomit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VOM'IT, verb intransitive
[Latin vomo. probably the Gr. is the same word, with the loss of its first letter.]
All definitions and other forms of “vomit”
VOM'IT, verb transitive
- To throw up or eject from the stomach; to discharge from the stomach through the mouth.“The fish vomited out Jonah upon the dry land” Jonah 2:10
- To eject with violence from any hollow place.
VOM'IT, noun
- The matter ejected from the stomach.
- That which excites the stomach to discharge its contents; an emetic.
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.