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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: πτύω

(Strong's #4429 — Verb — ptuo — ptoo'-o )

"to spit," occurs in Mark 7:33; 8:23; John 9:6 . In the Sept., Numbers 12:14 .

2: ἐμπτύω

(Strong's #1716 — Verb — emptuo — emp-too'-o )

"to spit upon" (en, "in," and No. 1), occurs in Matthew 26:67; 27:30; Mark 10:34; 14:65; 15:19; Luke 18:32 . In the Sept., Numbers 12:14 , in some texts; Deuteronomy 25:9 .

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Spit'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/spit.html. 1940.
 
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