To pluck
τίλλωStrong’s G5089tillō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Tillō is the Greek word usually translated “pluck”, “plucking” and “were plucking”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.”
Meaning
Usually translated “pluck”, “plucking” and “were plucking”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to pluck 1
- plucking 1
- were plucking 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 2:23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
- Luke 6:1And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
Greek dictionary
τίλλω tillō · to pluck
τίλλω [in LXX: Est.9:3, Isa.18:7, Dan LXX 7:4 (מָרַט) * ;] to pluck, pluck off: στάχυας, Mat.12:1, Mrk.2:23, Luk.6:1.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pluck” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLUCK, verb transitive
- To pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off, out or from, with a twitch.“They pluck the fatherless from the breast” Job 24:9
- To strip by plucking; as, to pluck a fowl.“They that pass by do pluck her” Psalms 80:12“He shall pluck away his crop with his feathers” Leviticus 1:16
All definitions and other forms of “pluck”
PLUCK, noun
The heart, liver and lights of an animal.
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.