Strong's Greek · G4427

G4427 ptýsma

πτύσμα

ptoos'-mah

saliva

Looking for Hebrew H4427 mâlak? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G4427. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

ptýsma appears once in Scripture, in John 9:6. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

saliva

In the King James Version

spittle

Derivation

from G4429 (πτύω);

Appears 1 time in Scripture

John 9:6

“When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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