Strong's G3572: νύσσω (nýssō) Meaning

Quick Definition

νύσσω v. I prick, pierce, stab

Strong's Definition

to prick ("nudge")

Derivation: apparently a primary word;

KJV Usage: pierce

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

νύσσω (G3572)

verb | aor. ἔνυξα | κατάνυξις · κατανύσσομαι

19.15 · Physical Impact · Pierce, Cut

to prick, to pierce to pierce with a pointed instrument; normally not as serious a wound as is implied by ἐκκεντέω ‘to pierce,’ 19.14

JHN 19:34

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

νύσσω (νύττω): 1 aorist ἔνυξα; to strike (?), pierce; to pierce through, transfix; often in Homer of severe or even deadly wounds given one; as, τόν μέν ἔγχει νυξ' ... στυγερός δ' ἄρα μίν σκότος ἑιλε, Iliad 5, 45. 47; φθάσας αὐτόν ἐκεῖνος νυττει κάτωθεν ὑπό τόν βουβωνα δόρατι καί παραχρῆμα διεργάζεται, Josephus, b. j. 3, 7, 35; so τήν πλευράν λόγχη, Joh_19:34, cf. Joh_20:25; Joh_20:27. On the further use of the word cf. Fritzsche, Romans, ii., p. 559. (Compare: κατανύσσω.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

νύσσω nyssō 1x

to prick or pierce, Jn. 19:34*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** νύσσω

(Att. -ττω), [in LXX: Si 22:19, III Mac 5:14*;]

to pierce: τ. πλευρὰν λόγχῃ, Jo 19:34, [Mt 27:49], WH.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

νύσσω [page 432] For the ἔτυπτον . . καλάμῳ of Mar_15:19 , Ev. Petr. 3 substitutes καλάμῳ ἔνυσσον . This may perhaps be taken as supporting the milder sense of pricked instead of pierced (AV, RV) which Field ( Notes , p. 108) prefers in Joh_19:34 πλευρὰν ἔνυξεν , in distinction from ἐξεκέντησαν in ver. 37. Swete ad Ev. Petr. l.c. cites also Orac. Sib. viii 296 πλευρὰς νύξουσιν καλάμῳ .

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

νύσσω (nussō) — to pierce. νύσσω, Attic dialect νύττω, passive, perfect νένυγμαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist 1 ἐνύχθην [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist 2 ἐνύγην [ῠ], 3rd.pers. singular optative νυγείη[Refs]; participle νῠγείς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—touch with a sharp point, prick, stab, pierce, ἔγχεϊ νύξε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χθόνα.. ἵπποι νύσσοντες χηλῇσι dinting the earth with their hoofs, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγκῶνι νύξας having nudged him with the elbow, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γνωμιδίῳ γνώμην ν. prick it (and see what is in it), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέονταν. 'beard the lion in his den', [Refs 4th c.AD+]

2. metaphorically, sting, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II. impinge upon, especially of sense-impressions, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, Chrysipp. [same place], [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II.2. passive, of the νεῦρα, suffer lesion (νύγμα [Refs]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

νύσσω (Att.. -ττω), [in LXX: Sir.22:19, 3Ma.5:14 * ;] to pierce: τ. πλευρὰν λόγχῃ, Jhn.19:34, [Mat.27:49], WH.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

19:34

G3572 νύσσω (nýssō)