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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2979 - λακτίζω

Transliteration

laktízō

Phonetics

lak-tid'-zo

Origin

from adverb lax (heelwise)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

4:3,495

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to kick, strike with the heel

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Acts 1

BSB (1)

Acts 1

CSB (1)

Acts 1

ESV (1)

Acts 1

KJV (2)

Acts 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (1)

Acts 2

WEB (1)

Acts 1

YLT (1)

Acts 1

ASV (1)

to kick 1

BSB (1)

to kick 1

CSB (1)

kick 1

ESV (1)

kick 1

KJV (2)

kick 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (1)

fight 1

WEB (1)

to kick 1

YLT (1)

to kick 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-PAN 1

ANT

V-PAN 2

BEZ

V-PAN- 2

BGB

V-PAN 1

BMT

V-PAN 1

BYZ

V-PAN 2

ELZ

V-PAN 1

NA26

V-PAN 1

SBL

V-PAN 2

SCV

V-PAN 2

STV

V-PAN 1

TIS

V-PAN 2

V-PAN 1

TRG

V-PAN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

λακτίζω, pf. λελάκτῐκα Ar. Nu. 136: —

1. kick with the heel or foot, λ. ποσὶ γαῖαν, of a defeated boxer, Od. 18.99, cf. 22.88; φλὸξ αἰθέρα λακτίζοισα καπνῷ flames lashing heaven with smoke, Pi. I. 4(3).66; κραδία δὲ φόβῳ φρένα λακτίζει my heart ' knocks at my ribs' for fear, A. Pr. 881 (anap.); [ ἔρως] λ. κραδίην Revelation 12:16 (Strat.); τὸν πεσόντα λακτίσαι trample on the fallen, A. Ag. 885; λ. βωμὸν εἰς ἀφάνειαν trample on the altar so as utterly to destroy it, ib. 383 (lyr.); τὴν θύραν λ. kick at the door, Ar.l.c.; λ. ἀλλήλους Pl. R. 586b; of horses, λ. τὸ λυποῦν Arist. PA 690a21; ἑαυτόν Pl. Grg. 516a; ὑπὸ ἵππου λακτισθείς X. An. 3.2.18: metaph., λ. πολλὴν χάριν E. Rh. 411; βοῦς ὁ λακτίσας ὑμᾶς, of a clumsy-footed person, Herod. 7.118: —

Med. in act. sense, Mim. Oxy. 413.65.

2. abs., kick, struggle, Batr. 90; of horses, X. Eq. Mag. 1.4: freq. in prov. λ. ποτὶ κέντρον, πρὸς κέντρα, kick against the pricks, Pi. P. 2.95, A. Ag. 1624, E. Ba. 795, Acts 26:14, etc.; so πρὸς κῦμα λ. E. IT 1396.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

λακτίζω; (from adverb λάξ, with the heel); (fr. Homer down); to kick, strike with the heel: Acts 26:14, and Rec. in ; see κέντρον, 2.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* λακτίζω

(< λάξ , with the foot),

to kick: Acts 26:14.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

With the use of this verb in Acts 26:14 cf. BGU III. 1007 .7 (iii/B.C.) τ ]ὴν θύραν μου ἐλάκτιζον τοῖς ποσίν. See also Herodas vii. 118 βοῦς ὁ λακτίσας ὑμᾶς, ";it was an ox that kicked you,"; with reference to a kick from a clumsy, ill-fitting shoe. The subst. is found in P Amh II. 141.10 (A.D. 350) γρόνθοις τε καὶ λακτί [σ ]μασιν, ";with their fists and heels"; (Edd.) : cf. P Gen I. 56.27 (A.D. 346) τὴν πλευρὰν πάσχω λάκτιμα λαβών.

List of Word Forms

λακτιζειν λακτίζειν laktizein laktízein