Strong’s G4429 · Greek
πτύω
ptýō
Definition
to spit
Etymology
a primary verb (compare G4428 (πτύσσω));
Where the KJV renders it
- spit
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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