Word

τίλλω

tíllō · G5089 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to pluck, to pick

To pluck or pick by pulling off or out of

Examples
Matthew 12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat.
Mark 2:23 And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain.
Luke 6:1 Now it happened that Jesus was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath, and His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

How it’s used In 3 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

3 occurrences in 3 groups

μαθητήςdisciple 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 1 groups

στάχυςear of wheat 3

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἄρχωto be first 1

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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In the other Testament 1 word

קָטַף qâṭaph · H6998 · to pluck, to pick: Hebrew verb for plucking or picking off, particularly of ears of grain or fruit; direct translation equivalent for τίλλω used in contexts like the disciples plucking grain (Mark 2:23 and parallels)

Semantic domains 1 entry

To pluck, to pick18.9: Matthew records that “Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat” (Matthew 12:1).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ἔτιλλον; from Homer down; to pluck, pluck off: στραχυας, Mt 12:1; Mk 2:23 (on…

imperfect ἔτιλλον; from Homer down; to pluck, pluck off: στραχυας, Mt 12:1; Mk 2:23 (on this cf., p. 524b top); Lk 6:1.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Grasp, Hold3 occurrences

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