To roll before
προσκυλίωStrong’s G4351proskuliō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Proskuliō is the Greek word usually translated “having rolled” and “rolled”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.”
Meaning
Usually translated “having rolled” and “rolled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having rolled 1
- he rolled 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
2 books in all.
Greek dictionary
προσκυλίω proskuliō · to roll before
προσ-κυλίω to roll up, roll to: with accusative and dative, Mat.27:60; accusative before ἐπί, Mrk.15:46.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rolled” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROLLED, participle passive
Moved by turning; formed into a round or cylindrical body; leveled with a roller, as land.
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.