4428. ptussó
Lexicon
ptussó: To fold, to wrap, to roll up

Original Word: πτύσσω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ptussó
Pronunciation: ptoos'-so
Phonetic Spelling: (ptoos'-so)
KJV: close
NASB: closed
Word Origin: [probably akin to petannumi "to spread" (and thus apparently allied to G4072 (πέτομαι - flying) through the idea of expansion, and to G4429 (πτύω - spitting) through that of flattening)]

1. to fold, i.e. furl a scroll

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
close.

Probably akin to petannumi (to spread; and thus apparently allied to petomai through the idea of expansion, and to ptuo through that of flattening; compare pateo); to fold, i.e. Furl a scroll -- close.

see GREEK petomai

see GREEK pateo

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. verb
Definition
to fold, i.e. roll up
NASB Translation
closed (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4428: πτύσσω

πτύσσω: 1 aorist participle πτύξας; in classical Greek from Homer down; to fold together, roll up: τό βιβλίον, Luke 4:20 (A. V. closed); see ἀναπτύσσω (and cf. Schlottmann in Riehm under the word Schrift; Strack: in Herzog edition 2 under the word Sehreibkunst, etc. Compare: ἀναπτύσσω.)

Forms and Transliterations
πτυξας πτύξας πτυχαί ptuxas ptyxas ptýxas
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Englishman's Concordance
Luke 4:20 V-APA-NMS
GRK: καὶ πτύξας τὸ βιβλίον
NAS: And He closed the book, gave it back
KJV: And he closed the book,
INT: And having rolled up the scroll

Strong's Greek 4428
1 Occurrence


πτύξας — 1 Occ.

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