"to spit, spit out, Mk. 7:33; 8:23; Jn. 9:6"
Definition and meaning
to spit, spit out, Mk. 7:33; 8:23; Jn. 9:6
In the original Greek the word is written: πτύω
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of ptyo (G4429) across the King James Bible.
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
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Common questions
Strong's G4429 (ptyo) is a Greek word that means: to spit, spit out, Mk. 7:33; 8:23; Jn. 9:6 It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word ptyo (G4429) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4429 is ptyo, a Greek word defined as: to spit, spit out, Mk. 7:33; 8:23; Jn. 9:6. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
ptyo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.