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STRONGS NUMBER G4766
Transliteration: strōnnyō
Phonetic Spelling: (strone'-noo-mee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spread
Meaning: to spread
στρωννύω, or στρώννυμι: imperfect 3 person plural ἐστρώννυον (cf. Buttmann, 45 (39)); 1 aorist ἐστρωσα; perfect passive participle ἐστρωμενος; (by metathesis from στόρνυμι, στορέννυμι, and this from ΣΤΟΡΑΩ; (cf. Latinsterno, struo, etc.; English strew, straw, etc.); see Curtius, § 227); to spread: ἱμάτια ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, Matthew 21:8; εἰς τόν ὁδόν, Mark 11:8 (πέδον πεδασμασι, Aeschylus Ag. 909; ἑιμασι πορον, ibid. 921). namely, τήν κλίνην (which Greek writers from Homer down often add, and also λέχος, λέκτρον, etc. (cf. Winers Grammar, 594 (552); Buttmann, § 130, 53)) τίνι, Acts 9:34 (A. V. make thy bed); to spread with couches or divans τό ἀνάγαιον, passive (A. V. furnished), Mark 14:15; Luke 22:12. (Compare: καταστρώννυμι, ὑποστρώννυμι.)
Word Summary
strōnnyō: to spread
Original Word: στρωννύωTransliteration: strōnnyō
Phonetic Spelling: (strone'-noo-mee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spread
Meaning: to spread
Strong's Concordance
make bed, furnish, spread, strew. Or simpler stronnuo (strone-noo'-o), prolongation from a still simpler stroo (stro'-o), (used only as an alternate in certain tenses) (probably akin to stereos through the idea of positing); to "strew," i.e. Spread (as a carpet or couch) -- make bed, furnish, spread, strew.
see GREEK stereos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4766: στρωννύωστρωννύω, or στρώννυμι: imperfect 3 person plural ἐστρώννυον (cf. Buttmann, 45 (39)); 1 aorist ἐστρωσα; perfect passive participle ἐστρωμενος; (by metathesis from στόρνυμι, στορέννυμι, and this from ΣΤΟΡΑΩ; (cf. Latinsterno, struo, etc.; English strew, straw, etc.); see Curtius, § 227); to spread: ἱμάτια ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, Matthew 21:8; εἰς τόν ὁδόν, Mark 11:8 (πέδον πεδασμασι, Aeschylus Ag. 909; ἑιμασι πορον, ibid. 921). namely, τήν κλίνην (which Greek writers from Homer down often add, and also λέχος, λέκτρον, etc. (cf. Winers Grammar, 594 (552); Buttmann, § 130, 53)) τίνι, Acts 9:34 (A. V. make thy bed); to spread with couches or divans τό ἀνάγαιον, passive (A. V. furnished), Mark 14:15; Luke 22:12. (Compare: καταστρώννυμι, ὑποστρώννυμι.)