King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4428
Transliteration: ptyssō
Phonetic Spelling: (ptoos'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fold, roll up
Meaning: to fold, roll up
πτύσσω: 1 aorist participle πτύξας; in classical Greek from Homer down; to fold together, roll up: τό βιβλίον, Luke 4:20 (A. V. closed); see ἀναπτύσσω (and cf. Schlottmann in Riehm under the word Schrift; Strack: in Herzog edition 2 under the word Sehreibkunst, etc. Compare: ἀναπτύσσω.)
Word Summary
ptyssō: to fold, roll up
Original Word: πτύσσωTransliteration: ptyssō
Phonetic Spelling: (ptoos'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fold, roll up
Meaning: to fold, roll up
Strong's Concordance
close. Probably akin to petannumi (to spread; and thus apparently allied to petomai through the idea of expansion, and to ptuo through that of flattening; compare pateo); to fold, i.e. Furl a scroll -- close.
see GREEK petomai
see GREEK pateo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4428: πτύσσωπτύσσω: 1 aorist participle πτύξας; in classical Greek from Homer down; to fold together, roll up: τό βιβλίον, Luke 4:20 (A. V. closed); see ἀναπτύσσω (and cf. Schlottmann in Riehm under the word Schrift; Strack: in Herzog edition 2 under the word Sehreibkunst, etc. Compare: ἀναπτύσσω.)