Lexicon knéthó: to scratch, itch Original Word: κνήθωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: knéthó Phonetic Spelling: (knay'-tho) Short Definition: I rub, tickle Definition: I rub, tickle, scratch; pass: I itch. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina late form of knaó (to scrape) Definitionto scratch, itch NASB Translationtickled (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2833: κνήθωκνήθω: present passive κνήθομαι; (from κνάω, infinitive κναν and Attic κνην); to scratch, tickle, make to itch; passive to itch: κνηθόμενοι τήν ἀκοήν (on the accusative cf. Winers Grammar, § 32, 5), i. e. desirous of hearing something pleasant ( Hesychius, κνήθειν τήν ἀκοήν. ζητοῦντες τί ἀκοῦσαι, καθ' ἡδονήν), 2 Timothy 4:3. (Middle τόν ὄνον κνήθεσθαι εἰς τάς ἀκάνθας τά ἕλκη, its sores, Aristotle, h. a. 9, 1, p. 609a, 32; κνην Ἀττικοι, κνήθειν Ἕλληνες, Moeris, p. 234; (cf. Veitch, under the word κνάω).)
Strong's itching. From a primary knao (to scrape); to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to tickle -- X itching. |
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