verb
ptussamō
Strong’sG4428
I fold, roll up
stem ptuss-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* πτύσσω,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4428 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidptoos'-so
and thus apparently allied to G4072 through the idea of expansion, and to 4429 through that of flattening; compare G3961); to fold, i.e. furl a scroll
Fromprobably akin to πετάννυμι (to spread;
King Jamesclose.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(never πτύττω), (ἀνα-) Refs 5th c.BC+future πτύξω (ἀνα-) Refs 5th c.BC+aorist ἔπτυξα (see. below):—middle, Refs 8th c.BC+ (ποτι-), etc.: future πτύξομαι (προσ-) Refsaorist ἐπτυξάμην Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 8th c.BC+aorist ἐπτύχθην (ἀν-, δι-) Refs 5th c.BC+aorist 2 ἐπτύγην [ῠ], (ἀν-) Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect ἔπτυγμαι Refs 5th c.BC+pluperfect ἔπτυκτο (προσ-) Refs 5th c.BC+:—fold, double up, χιτῶνα, εἵματα πτύξαι, fold up garments and put them by, Refs 8th c.BC+; χεῖρας πτύξαι ἐπί τινι fold one's arms over or round another, Refs 5th c.BC+; βιβλίον fold, close a book, NT
II passive, of the foetus, Refs 5th c.BC+; of bandages, Refs 2nd c.AD+; πύργοι ἐπτ. Refs 2nd c.AD+; ἔγχεα δὲ πτύσσοντο perhaps were interlaced, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 fold or cling round, χιτὼν.. ἀμφὶ μηρὸν πτύσσεται Refs 5th c.BC+
III middle, fold round oneself, wrap round one, τι Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| ptussarantosπτύξας | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine | rolled up | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ptussamō | ptussame | ptussami | ptussama | ptussamē | ptussamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ptussasō | ptussase | ptussasi | ptussasa | ptussasē | ptussaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ptussatō | ptussate | ptussati | ptussata | ptussatē | ptussatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ptussanō | ptussane | ptussani | ptussana | ptussanē | ptussanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ptussavō | ptussave | ptussavi | ptussava | ptussavē | ptussavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ptussalō | ptussale | ptussali | ptussala | ptussalē | ptussalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ptussameiō | ptussameia | ptussameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ptussaseiō | ptussaseia | ptussaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ptussateiō | ptussateia | ptussateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ptussaneiō | ptussaneia | ptussaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ptussaveiō | ptussaveia | ptussaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ptussaleiō | ptussaleia | ptussaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ptussasōr | ptussasar | ptussasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ptussatōr | ptussatar | ptussatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ptussavōr | ptussavar | ptussavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ptussalōr | ptussalar | ptussalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ptussamoiō | ptussamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ptussasoiō | ptussasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ptussatoiō | ptussatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ptussanoiō | ptussanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ptussavoiō | ptussavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ptussaloiō | ptussaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ptussarō | ptussari | ptussara | ptussarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ptussarōntos | ptussarintos | ptussarantos1×πτύξας | ptussarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
ptuss 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
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
ptussarantos“rolled up”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Luke 4:20kai ptussarantos tem bibliem apodōarantos to hupēreto kathizata; …Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the …