G5089 τίλλω (tíllō)

Greek

Verb

Quick Definition

τίλλω v. I pluck, pluck off

Strong's Definition

to pull off

Derivation: perhaps akin to the alternate of G138 (αἱρέομαι), and thus to G4951 (σύρω);

KJV Usage: pluck

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

τίλλω (G5089)

verb

18.9 · Attachment · Grasp, Hold

to pluck, to pick to pluck or pick by pulling off or out of

MAT 12:1 · MRK 2:23 · LUK 6:1

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

τίλλω ; impf. ἔτιλλον ; fr. Hom. down; to pluck, pluck off: στάχυας, Mt. xii. 1; Mk. ii. 23 [on this ef. p. 524> top]; Lk. vi. 1.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

τίλλω tillō 3x

to pull, pluck off, Mt. 12:1; Mk. 2:23; Lk. 6:1*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

τίλλω

[in LXX: II Es 9:3, Is 18:7, Da LXX 7:4 (מָרַט) * ;]

to pluck, pluck off: στάχυας, Mt 12:1, Mk 2:23, Lk 6:1.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

τίλλω [page 634] τίλλω may be freely translated prepare in P Petr II. 32 (1) .9 (= III. 36 ( d ) .9 ) (Ptol.) κώιδι < . . >α τίλλοντες , preparing hides by plucking the hairs from them : cf. the late P Oxy XVI. 1846 .1 (vi/vii A.D.) θελήσῃ ἡ σῆ γνησία ἀδελφότης τὸ ἁλιευτικὸν ὃ λέγει τὼ τετιλμ̣ε̣(νον ) (?) [κ ]α̣θοσιωμέ (νως ?) παρασκευάσαι φιλοκαληθῆναι ; will your true brother-liness kindly have the damaged fishing-vessel which you speak of repaired? (Edd.). For the ordinary meaning pluck, pull, as in Mat_12:1 al ., see P Flor III. 321 .47 (iii/A.D.) τίλλαντες χόρτον τοῖς κτῆσι ( l . κτήνεσι ), and ib . 322 .20 (A.D. 258?) τίλλοντες χόρτον (ἀρούρας ) ς̄ , and .36 δεσμεύοντες χόρτον τὰς τειλείσας (ἀρούρας ) ε̄ . Τιλήτωι is found after a lacuna in P Fay 131 .18 (iii/iv A.D.) See also Menander Ἐπιτρέπ . 271 τίλλουσ᾽ ἑαυτῆς τὰς τρίχας , and Herodas II.70 (with A. E. Housman s note in CR xxxvi. (1922), p. 109 f.). For the uncommon subst. τίλσις , a plucking out, see P Lond 113. 3 .7 (vi/A.D.) σπερμάτων καὶ κοπῆς ἢ καὶ τίλσεως ; for τιλμός in the same sense see P Oxy XIV. 1631 .9 (A.D. 280) τ ]ι̣λμο̣̣ς καλάμου , and ib . 1692 .10 (A.D. 188); and for τίλμα see Herodas II. 69.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

τίλλω (tillō) — to pluck. τίλλω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]future τῐλῶ (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔτῑλα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τέτιλκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—middle, Epic dialect imperfect τιλλέσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]future τῐλοῦμαι (παρα-) [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ἐτίλθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐτίλην [ῐ[LXX]; 3rd.pers. singular imperative τιλήτωι [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; participle τειλείς (i.e. τιλ-) [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: perfect τέτιλμαι [LXX+6th c.BC+]:—pluck or pull outhair, etc., πολιὰς δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἀνὰ τρίχας ἕλκετο χερσί, τίλλων ἐκ κεφαλῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίλλε κόμην[Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν [NT+3rd c.AD+]middle, Χαίτας τίλλεσθαι pluck out one's hair, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. with accusative of that from which the hair or feathers are plucked, τίλλειν πέλειαν, of birds of prey,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίλλουσι τὴν γλαῦκα, of small birds attacking the owl, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so of the cuckoo,[Refs]; as a description of an idle fellow, τίλλων ἑαυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a cook, pluck a fowl, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. πλάτανον pluck its leaves off, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κῴδια τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also, pluck live sheep, instead of shearing, τοῖς τίλλουσιν τὰ ὑποδίφθερα (i.e. πρόβατα) [Refs 3rd c.BC+] see entry {πεκτῆρες}:—passive, have one's hair plucked out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέφρᾳ τιλθῆναι, as a punishment of adulterers, [Refs]; see at {παρατίλλω, τέφρα}.

3. with accusative cognate, τίλματα τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

4. τ. μέλη pluck the harp-strings, play harp-tunes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. pick so as to extract fibre, τετίλκασι στιππύου δέσμας σ [Refs]

6. νεφέλιον παρατεταμένον καὶ τιλλόμενον cirrous, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. since tearing the hair was a usual expression of sorrow, τίλλεσθαί τινα tear one's hair in sorrow for any one, τόν γ᾽ ἄλοχός τε φίλη καὶ πότνια μήτηρ τιλλέσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III. metaphorically, pluck, vex, annoy, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; στέφανον τ., ={τοὺς νόμους λυμαίνεσθαι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, ὑπὸ συκοφαντῶν τίλλεσθαι, with allusion to a bird's feathers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

τίλλω [in LXX: Est.9:3, Isa.18:7, Dan LXX 7:4 (מָרַט) * ;] to pluck, pluck off: στάχυας, Mat.12:1, Mrk.2:23, Luk.6:1.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (3)

12:1

2:23

6:1

Matthew 12:1

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick [the] heads of grain and eat [them].

Mark 2:23

One Sabbath [Jesus] was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain [as] they walked along....

Luke 6:1

[One] Sabbath [Jesus] was passing through [the] grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub [them] in [their] hands, and eat [them].