STRONGS G3572:
νύσσω (
νύττω): 1 aorist
ἔνυξα;
to strike (?),
pierce; to pierce through, transfix; often in
Homer of severe or even deadly wounds given one; as,
τόν μέν ἔγχει νυξ'...
στυγερός δ' ἄρα μίν σκότος ἑιλε, Iliad 5, 45. 47;
φθάσας αὐτόν ἐκεῖνος νυττει κάτωθεν ὑπό τόν βουβωνα δόρατι καί παραχρῆμα διεργάζεται,
Josephus,
b. j. 3, 7, 35; so
τήν πλευράν λόγχη,
John 19:34, cf.
John 20:25,
27. On the further use of the word cf. Fritzsche, Romans, ii., p. 559. (Compare:
κατανύσσω.)
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