King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2947
Transliteration: kyliō
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-lee-o'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to roll
Meaning: to roll
κυλίω: (for κυλινδω more common in earlier writings), to roll; passive imperfect 3 person singular ἐκυλίετο; to be rolled, to wallow: Mark 9:20. ((Aristotle, h. a. 5, 19, 18, etc.; Dionysius Halicarnassus; the Sept.); Polybius 26, 10, 16; Aelian n. a. 7, 33; Epictetus diss. 4, 11, 29.) (Compare: ἀνακυλίω, αποκυλιω(, προσκυλίω.)
Word Summary
kyliō: to roll
Original Word: κυλίωTransliteration: kyliō
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-lee-o'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to roll
Meaning: to roll
Strong's Concordance
wallow, rollFrom the base of kuma (through the idea of circularity; compare kukloi, heilisso); to roll about -- wallow.
see GREEK kuma
see GREEK kukloi
see GREEK heilisso
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2947: κυλίωκυλίω: (for κυλινδω more common in earlier writings), to roll; passive imperfect 3 person singular ἐκυλίετο; to be rolled, to wallow: Mark 9:20. ((Aristotle, h. a. 5, 19, 18, etc.; Dionysius Halicarnassus; the Sept.); Polybius 26, 10, 16; Aelian n. a. 7, 33; Epictetus diss. 4, 11, 29.) (Compare: ἀνακυλίω, αποκυλιω(, προσκυλίω.)