Lexical Summary ekkremannymi: to hang from, hang upon (the lips of a speaker), to listen closely Original Word: ἐκκρεμάννυμιTransliteration: ekkremannymi Phonetic Spelling: (ek-krem'-am-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to hang from, hang upon (the lips of a speaker), to listen closely Meaning: to hang from, hang upon (the lips of a speaker), to listen closely Strong's Concordance be very attentive. Middle voice from ek and kremannumi; to hang upon the lips of a speaker, i.e. Listen closely -- be very attentive. see GREEK ek see GREEK kremannumi Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1582: ἐκκρέμαμαιἐκκρέμαμαι (middle of ἐκκρεμάννυμι, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. 2:224f; (Veitch, under the word, κρέμαμαι); Buttmann, 61 (53)): (imperfect ἐξεκρεμαμην); to hang from: ἐξεκρέματο αὐτοῦ ἀκούων, hung upon his lips (Vergil Aen. 4, 79), Luke 19:48, where T WH ἐξεκρεμετο, after manuscripts א B, a form which T conjectures "avulgariusuhaudalienumfuisse;" (cf. Buttmann, as above; WHs Appendix, p. 168). (Plato, Philo, Plutarch, others.) STRONGS NT 1582: ἐκκρέμομαιἐκκρέμομαι, see the preceding word. |
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