Quick Definition
I unroll
Strong's Definition
to unroll (a scroll or volume)
Derivation: from G303 (ἀνά) (in the sense of reversal) and G4428 (πτύσσω);
KJV Usage: open
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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), Luk_4:17 (R G T) (2Ki_19:14). The books of the Hebrews were rolls (ξΐβΔμΜεϊ) 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 ).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναπτύσσω anaptyssō 1x
to roll back, unroll, unfold, Luk_4:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνα -πτύσσω ,
[in LXX for H6566 ,etc.;]
to unroll: τ . βιβλίον , Luk_4:17 ( WH , R , ἀνοίξας ).†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀναπτύσσω "to unfold" the rolls on which books were written; and so, "to unrol, open for reading", ἀν. βιβλίον Hdt. :— "to undo, open", πύλας Eur. ; ἀναπτύξας χέρας with arms "outspread", id=Eur. "to unfold, disclose, reveal", Lat. explicare, Trag. as military term, τὴν φάλαγγα ἀναπτ. "to fold back" the phalanx, i. e. deepen it by wheeling men from both flanks to rear, French "replier", Xen. ; but conversely, τὸ κέρας ἀναπτ. "to open out" the wing, i. e. "extend" the line by wheeling men from rear to front, French "deployer", id=Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-πτύσσω
[in LXX for פָּרַשׂ,etc. ;]
to unroll: τ. βιβλίον, Luk.4:17 (WH, R, ἀνοίξας).†
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