To wallow
κυλίωStrong’s G2947kuliō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Kuliō is the Greek word usually translated “was rolling around”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.”
Meaning
Usually translated “was rolling around”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he was rolling around 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
κυλίω kuliō · to wallow
κυλίω late form of κυλίνδω, [in LXX: Jos.10:18, 1Ki.14:33, al. (גָּלַל), 4Ki.9:33 (שָׁמַט), al. ;] to roll, roll along. Pass., to be rolled; of persons (in Hom, as sign of grief), to roll or wallow: Mrk.9:20.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wallow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WALLOW, verb intransitive
[Latin, G. This verb seems to be connected with well, walk, etc.]
- To roll ones body on the earth, in mire, or on other substance; to tumble and roll in water.
- To move heavily and clumsily.
- To live in filth or gross vice; as man wallowing in his native impurity.
All definitions and other forms of “wallow”
WALLOW, noun
A kind of rolling walk.
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.