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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: verb

Related lemmas: ἀνακυλίω · ἀποκυλίω · κυλισμός · προσκυλίω

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.

Forms: κυλίομαι

Show passage in OET: MRK 9:20

OET-RV MRK 9:20

20 So they brought the boy to him. When he saw Yeshua, the demon immediately caused him to have convulsions and fall on the ground—rolling over and foaming at the mouth.

OET-LV MRK 9:20

20 And they _brought him to him.
And having _seen him, the spirit immediately threw_ him _into _convulsions, and having _fallen on the ground, he _was _rolling foaming.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κυλίω

Form 1

Sense 1: to roll about, to wallow