Strong's G1582: ἐκκρέμαμαι (ekkrémamai) Meaning

Quick Definition

ἐκκρεμάννυμι v. I hang out, hang upon

Strong's Definition

to hang upon the lips of a speaker, i.e. listen closely

Derivation: middle voice from G1537 (ἐκ) and G2910 (κρεμάννυμι);

KJV Usage: be very attentive

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐκκρεμάννυμι (G1582) — ἐκκρέμαμαι

verb | κρεμάννυμι

30.34 · (ἐκκρέμαμαι[a]) · Think · To Think, Thought

to pay close attention to, to consider seriously (a figurative extension of meaning of ἐκκρέμαμαι ‘to hang out from,’ not occurring in the NT) to pay unusually close attention to what is being said For another interpretation of ἐκκρέμαμαι in LUK 19:48, see 68.15.

LUK 19:48

68.15 · (ἐκκρέμαμαι[b]) · Aspect · Continue

to continue intently, to persist in (a figurative extension of meaning of ἐκκρέμαμαι ‘to hang from,’ not occurring in the NT) to persist in doing something For another interpretation of ἐκκρέμαμαι in LUK 19:48, see 30.34.

LUK 19:48

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐκκρέμαμαι (middle of ἐκκρεμάννυμι, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. 2:224f; (Veitch, under the word, κρέμαμαι); Buttmann, 61 (53)): (imperfect ἐξεκρεμαμην); to hang from: ἐξεκρέματο αὐτοῦ ἀκούων, hung upon his lips (Vergil Aen. 4, 79), Luk_19:48, where T WH ἐξεκρεμετο, after manuscripts ΰ B, a form which T conjectures "avulgariusuhaudalienumfuisse;" (cf. Buttmann, as above; WHs Appendix, p. 168). (Plato, Philo, Plutarch, others.) STRONGS NT 1582: ἐκκρέμομαιἐκκρέμομαι, see the preceding word.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐκκρεμάννυμι ekkremannymi 1x

mid., to hang upon a speaker, fondly listen to, be earnestly attentive, Lk. 19:48*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐκ-κρέμομαι Lk 19:48 (WH, v.s. ἐκκρέμαννυμι).†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐκκρεμάννυμι (ekkremannumi) — to hang upon. ἐκκρεμ-άννῡμι, future -κρεμάσω, hang from or upon a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. passive, like{ἐκκρέμαμαι}, hang on by, cling to, with genitive, τῶν τε ξυσκήνων ἤδη ἀπιόντων ἐκκρεμαννύμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. metaphorically, to be devoted to, Ἄρεος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐκ-κρέμαννυμι, [in LXX for קָשַׁר, Gen.44:30 * ;] to hang from or upon; mid., ἐκκρέμαμαι: figuratively, ἐξεκρέματο αὐτοῦ άκούων (Rec.; WH read ἐξεκρέμετο, which implies a Pres. ἐκκρέμομαι, otherwise unknown; cf. Veitch, see word κρέμαμαι), Luk.19:48.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

19:48

G1582 ἐκκρέμαμαι (ekkrémamai)