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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 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.
- 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