Word Summary
ptyon: a winnowing shovel
Original Word: πτύονTransliteration: 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: πτύονπτύον,
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.