UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to rub

Semantic entry: 19.50

Semantic domains: Physical Impact

Subdomains: Press

Definition: to rub something under pressure to make it smaller

Notes: By rubbing the heads of wheat, the disciples were able to remove the chaff and the so-called ‘beards,’ the stiff projections arising from each kernel. This process would be equivalent to threshing and would thus be condemned by the Pharisees as work on the Sabbath.

LUK 6:1: RV LUK 6:1 · LV LUK 6:1 · Read together LUK 6:1

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OET-RV LUK 6:1

6 One Rest Day, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) was walking through some fields of grain and his followers were plucking the heads of grain and rubbing them apart in their hands, then chewing the grains.

OET-LV LUK 6:1

6 And it _became on the_day _of _rest him to _be _passing _through through grainfields, and the apprentices/followers of _him were _plucking, and were _eating the heads _of _grain, rubbing them in _their hands.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ψώχω

Form 1

Sense 1: to rub