ἐκκεντέω
ekkentéō · G1574 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to pierce
To pierce with a pointed instrument
ExamplesJohn 19:37 And again another Scripture says, “THEY WILL LOOK AT HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED.”
Revelation 1:7 BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ὅστιςwhoever, whichever, whatever 1
- Not stated: they 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὁράωto see 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- νύσσω nýssō · G3572 · to prick, to pierce
- Greek verb for piercing or pricking; used in John 19:34 for piercing Jesus' side with a spear, semantically very close to ἐκκεντέω
In the other Testament 2 words
- דָּקַר dâqar · H1856 · to pierce, to thrust through
- Hebrew verb for piercing or thrusting through with a weapon; the primary translation equivalent for ἐκκεντέω in LXX usage (e.g., Zechariah 12:10, quoted in John 19:37)
- נָקַב nâqab · H5344 · to pierce, to bore a hole
- Hebrew verb for piercing or boring through; semantically overlaps with ἐκκεντέω in contexts of piercing actions
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To pierce19.14
- Used in John 19:37, quoting the prophecy that they will look on Him whom they have pierced, and in Revelation 1:7, of every eye seeing Him, including those who pierced Him.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐκκέντω: 1 aorist ἐξεκέντησά; 1. to put out, dig out: τά ὄμματα, Aristotle, h. a. 2, 17…
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, Rev 1:7; ὄψονται εἰς ὅν (i. e. εἰς τοῦτον, ὅν (cf. Winer's Grammar, 158 (150))) ἐξεκέντησαν, Jn 19:37. (Polybius 5, 56, 12; Polyaen. 5, 3, 8; for דָּקַר, Judg 9:54; הָרַג to kill, Num 22:29. Num 22:2 Macc. 12:6. Cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexicc. etc., p. 540f.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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