King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1591
Transliteration: ekmassō
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-mas'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to knead out, to wipe dry
Meaning: to knead out, to wipe dry
ἐκμάσσω; imperfect ἐξεμασσον; 1 aorist ἐξεμαξα; to wipe off, to wipe away: with the accusative of object and dative of instrument, Luke 7:38, 44; John 11:2; John 12:3; John 13:5. (Sophocles, Euripides, Hippocrates, Aristotle, others, Sir. 12:11; Baruch 6 (ep. Jer.) 12, 23 (13, 24).)
Word Summary
ekmassō: to knead out, to wipe dry
Original Word: ἐκμάσσωTransliteration: ekmassō
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-mas'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to knead out, to wipe dry
Meaning: to knead out, to wipe dry
Strong's Concordance
wipe. From ek and the base of massaomai; to knead out, i.e. (by analogy) to wipe dry -- wipe.
see GREEK ek
see GREEK massaomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1591: ἐκμάσσωἐκμάσσω; imperfect ἐξεμασσον; 1 aorist ἐξεμαξα; to wipe off, to wipe away: with the accusative of object and dative of instrument, Luke 7:38, 44; John 11:2; John 12:3; John 13:5. (Sophocles, Euripides, Hippocrates, Aristotle, others, Sir. 12:11; Baruch 6 (ep. Jer.) 12, 23 (13, 24).)