To spit
πτύωStrong’s G4429ptuō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ptuō is the Greek word usually translated “having spit” and “spat”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;”
Meaning
Usually translated “having spit” and “spat”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having spit 2
- he spat 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- John 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 8:23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
- John 9:6When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
Greek dictionary
πτύω ptuō · to spit
πτύω [in LXX: Num.12:14 (יָרָק), Sir.28:12 * ;] to spit: Mrk.7:33 8:23, Jhn.9:6 (cf. ἐκ-, ἐμ-πτύω).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “spit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPIT, noun
[G.]
- An iron prong or bar pointed, on which meat is roasted.
- Such depth of earth as is pierced by the spade at once. [D. spit a spade.]
- A small point of land running into the sea, or a long narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as a spit of sand.
All definitions and other forms of “spit”
SPIT, verb transitive
[from the noun.]
- To thrust a spit through; to put upon a spit; as, to spit a loin of veal.
- To thrust through; to pierce.
SPIT, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive spit Spat is obsolete. [G. The sense is to throw or drive.]
- To eject from the mouth; to thrust out, as saliva or other matter from the mouth.
- To eject or throw out with violence.
SPIT, verb intransitive
To throw out saliva from the mouth. It is a dirty trick to spit on the floor or carpet.
SPIT, noun
What is ejected from the mouth; saliva.
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.