Strong’s G4428 · Greek
πτύσσω
ptýssō · ptoos'-so
Origin probably akin to πετάννυμι (to spread;
Meaning and thus apparently allied to πέτομαι (G4072) through the idea of expansion, and to 4429 through that of flattening; compare πατέω (G3961)); to fold, i.e. furl a scroll
In the King James Version close.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- Luke 4:20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.