King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G380
Transliteration: anaptyssō
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ap-toos'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to unroll
Meaning: to unroll
ἀναπτύσσω: 1 aorist ἀνεπτυξα; (ἀνά — cf. the German auf equivalent toauseinander, see ἀναλύω — and πτύσσω to fold up, roll together); to unroll (i. e. open for reading): τό βιβλίον (as in Herodotus 1, 48 and 125), Luke 4:17 (R G T) (2 Kings 19:14). The books of the Hebrews were rolls (מְגִלּות) fastened to (one or) two smooth rods and furnished with handles, so that they could be rolled up and unrolled; (cf. B. D. under the word).
Word Summary
anaptyssō: to unroll
Original Word: ἀναπτύσσωTransliteration: anaptyssō
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ap-toos'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to unroll
Meaning: to unroll
Strong's Concordance
to unrollFrom ana (in the sense of reversal) and ptusso; to unroll (a scroll or volume) -- open.
see GREEK ana
see GREEK ptusso
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 380: ἀναπτύσσωἀναπτύσσω: 1 aorist ἀνεπτυξα; (ἀνά — cf. the German auf equivalent toauseinander, see ἀναλύω — and πτύσσω to fold up, roll together); to unroll (i. e. open for reading): τό βιβλίον (as in Herodotus 1, 48 and 125), Luke 4:17 (R G T) (2 Kings 19:14). The books of the Hebrews were rolls (מְגִלּות) fastened to (one or) two smooth rods and furnished with handles, so that they could be rolled up and unrolled; (cf. B. D. under the word