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Koine Greek wordlink #35671

ἐμπτύεινMark 14

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Only use of identical word form ἐμπτύειν (V-NPA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐμπτύειν’ (V-NPA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be spitting’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘emptuō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘having spat’, ‘to_be spitting’, ‘he will_be_being spat_on’, ‘they were spitting’, ‘they will_be spitting’, ‘they spat’.

Greek words (2) other than ἐμπτύειν (V-NPA····) with a gloss related to ‘spitting’

MARK 10:34ἐμπτύσουσιν (emptusousin) V-IFA3··P ‘they will_be mocking at him and they will_be spitting on him and they will_be flogging’ SR GNT Mark 10:34 word 8

OET-LV: 34And they_will_be_mocking at_him, and they_will_be_spitting on_him, and they_will_be_flogging him, and they_will_be_killing_off, and after three days he_will_be_rising_up.   (MRK_10:34)

OET-RV: 34Then they’ll ridicule him and spit on him before they beat him and execute him, but he’ll come back to life again in three days time. (MRK 10:34)

MARK 15:19ἐνέπτυον (eneptuon) V-IIA3··P ‘head with a staff and they were spitting on him and kneeling’ SR GNT Mark 15:19 word 12

OET-LV: 19And they_were_striking the head of_him with_a_staff and they_were_spitting on_him, and kneeling the knees, they_were_prostrating before_him.   (MRK_15:19)

OET-RV: 19They took turns whacking his head with a stick and spitting on him, while others knelt down in front of him and pretended to be bowing to him. (MRK 15:19)

Key: V=verb