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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - πτύσσω

πτύσσω

G4428

Transliteration: ptýssō

Pronunciation: ptoos'-so

Definition: close


- Original: πτύσσω

- Transliteration: Ptusso

- Phonetic: ptoos'-so

- Definition:

1. to fold together, roll up

- Origin: probably akin to petannumi (to spread, and thus apparently allied to G4072" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4072 through the idea of expansion, and to G4429" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4429 through that of flattening, cf G3961" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3961)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: Probably akin to πετάννυμι petannumi (to spread; and thus apparently allied to G4072" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4072 through the idea of expansion and to G4429" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4429 through that of flattening; compare G3961" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3961); to fold that is furl a scroll: - close.


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