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To spin

νήθωStrong’s G3514

nēthō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Nēthō is the Greek word usually translated “do they spin”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:”
Matthew 6:28 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • do they spin 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Luke 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

νήθω nēthō · to spin

νήθω [in LXX for טָוָה, שָׁזַר hoph., Exo.26:31 35:25, al. ;] to spin: Mat.6:28, Luk.12:27.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

SPIN, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive spun. Span is not used. [If the sense is to draw out or extend, this coincides in origin with span.]

  1. To draw out and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton or flax; to spin goats' hair.
  2. To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process of be degrees; with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.
  3. To extend to a great length; as, to spin out a subject.
  4. To draw out; to protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in the idleness By one delay after another, they spin out their whole lives.
All definitions
  1. To whirl with a thread; to turn or cause to whirl; as, to spin a top.
  2. To draw out from the stomach in a filament; as, a spider spins a web.
  3. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; as, the woman knows how to spin They neither know to spin nor car to toil.
  4. To perform the act of drawing and twisting threads; as, a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.
  5. To move round rapidly; to whirl; as a top or a spindle.
  6. To stream or issue in a thread or small current; as, blood spins from a vein.

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.