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Notes: It is, of course, impossible for an object to roll without some movement in space; however, the focus here is not upon the linear movement of an object from one place to another by means of rolling, but simply the motion in and of itself, and any movement in space is irrelevant.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: κυλισμός; -οῦ

Related lemmas: κυλίομαι

Sense 1: to roll about, to wallow

Semantic entry: 16.17

Semantic domains: Non-Linear Movement

Definition: the motion of an object rolling back and forth or rolling about{N:001}

Notes: It is rare that one can use in a language the same or related terms for the rolling of a person in an epileptic fit and the wallowing of a pig in the mud. The first is chaotic and uncontrolled, while the second is both purposeful and slower.

Show passage in OET: PE2 2:22

OET-RV PE2 2:22

22 The proverb is correct in what it says and has happened to them: “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and “A sow that’s been washed wallows in the mud again.”

OET-LV PE2 2:22

22 the message of _the true proverb has _happened to _them:
A_dog having _returned to its own vomit, and:
A_sow having _washed, to wallowing in_the_mud.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κυλισμός

Form 1

Sense 1: to roll about, to wallow