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noun · neuter

ptuem

Greekπτύον (ptuon)

Strong’sG4425

a simple wooden pitchfork

stem ptu-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

winnowing fork

What it means

** πτύον, -ου, τό,

[in Sm.: Is 30:24*;]

a winnowing shovel or fan: Mt 3:12, Lk 3:17.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4425 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidptoo'-on

a winnowing-fork (as scattering like spittle)

Fromfrom G4429;

King Jamesfan.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence caseone singularmore than one plural
subject or object directptuemπτύονptueim
of, belonging to genitiveptueuptueiu
to, for dativeptueptuei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ptustem+egender+muits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

ptue is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

ptuamō — πτύω, I spit

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

ptuem“winnowing fork”subject or objectdirect singular

Matthew 3:12“winnowing fork”hou tem ptuem en ta cheira autou, kai diakatharizati tan halōnan autou kai sunagati ton siton autou eis tan apothēkan, tem de achurem katakaiati pure asbeste.His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Luke 3:17“winnowing fork”hou tem ptuem en ta cheira autou diakathairara tan halōnan autou kai sunagara ton siton eis tan apothēkan autou, tem de achurem katakaiati pure asbeste.His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”