STRONGS NUMBER G4425


Word Summary
ptyon: a winnowing shovel
Original Word: πτύον
Transliteration: ptyon
Phonetic Spelling: (ptoo'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a winnowing shovel
Meaning: a winnowing shovel
Strong's Concordance
fan.

From ptuo; a winnowing-fork (as scattering like spittle) -- fan.

see GREEK ptuo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4425: πτύον

πτύον, πτυου, τό, frequent in classical Greek from Homer down, Attic πτεον Winers Grammar, 24 ((perhaps from the root, pu, 'to cleanse'; cf. Curtius, p. 498f)), a winnowing-shovel (A. V. fan; cf. B. D. under the word , at the end; Rich, Dict. of Antiq., see under the words, ventilabrum, pala 2, vannus): Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17.