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STRONGS NUMBER G1574
Transliteration: ekkenteō
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ken-teh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to prick out, to pierce
Meaning: to prick out, to pierce
ἐκκεντέω, ἐκκέντω: 1 aorist ἐξεκέντησά;
Word Summary
ekkenteō: to prick out, to pierce
Original Word: ἐκκεντέωTransliteration: ekkenteō
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ken-teh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to prick out, to pierce
Meaning: to prick out, to pierce
Strong's Concordance
pierce. From ek and the base of kentron; to transfix -- pierce.
see GREEK ek
see GREEK kentron
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1574: ἐκκεντέωἐκκεντέω, ἐκκέντω: 1 aorist ἐξεκέντησά;
1. to put out, dig out: τά ὄμματα, Aristotle, h. a. 2, 17 (p. 508{b}, 6); 6, 5.
2. to dig through, transfix, pierce: τινα, Revelation 1:7; ὄψονται εἰς ὅν (i. e. εἰς τοῦτον, ὅν (cf. Winer's Grammar, 158 (150))) ἐξεκέντησαν, John 19:37. (Polybius 5, 56, 12; Polyaen. 5, 3, 8; for דָּקַר, Judges 9:54; הָרַג to kill, Numbers 22:29. 2 Macc. 12:6. Cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexicc. etc., p. 540f.)