Lexical Summary ekkenteō: to prick out, to pierce Original Word: ἐκκεντέωTransliteration: ekkenteō Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ken-teh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to prick out, to pierce Meaning: to prick out, to pierce Strong's Concordance pierce. From ek and the base of kentron; to transfix -- pierce. see GREEK ek see GREEK kentron Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1574: ἐκκεντέωἐκκεντέω, ἐκκέντω: 1 aorist ἐξεκέντησά; 1. to put out, dig out: τά ὄμματα, Aristotle, h. a. 2, 17 (p. 508{b}, 6); 6, 5. 2. to dig through, transfix, pierce: τινα, Revelation 1:7; ὄψονται εἰς ὅν (i. e. εἰς τοῦτον, ὅν (cf. Winer's Grammar, 158 (150))) ἐξεκέντησαν, John 19:37. (Polybius 5, 56, 12; Polyaen. 5, 3, 8; for דָּקַר, Judges 9:54; הָרַג to kill, Numbers 22:29. 2 Macc. 12:6. Cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexicc. etc., p. 540f.) |
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