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G741 ἀρτύω (artýō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I season, flavor

Strong's Definition

to prepare, i.e. spice (with stimulating condiments)

Derivation: from a presumed derivative of G142 (αἴρω);

KJV Usage: season

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀρτύω: future ἀρτύσω; passive, perfect ἠρτυμαι; 1 future ἀρτυθήσομαι; (ἈΡΩ to fit); to prepare, arrange; often so in Homer In the comic writers and epigrammatists used of preparing food, to season, make savory ((τά ὄψα, Aristotle, eth. Nic. 3, 13, p. 1118a, 29); ἠρτυμένος οἶνος, Theophrastus, de odor. § 51 (fragment 4, c. 11)); so Mar_9:50; Luk_14:34; metaphorically, ὁ λόγος ἅλατι ἠρτυμένος, full of wisdom and grace and hence, pleasant and wholesome, Col_4:6.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀρτύω artyō 3x pr. to fit, prepare; to season, make savoury, Mar_9:50 ; Luk_14:34 ; Col_4:6

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἀρτύω , [in Sm .: Son_8:2 * ;] 1. to arrange, make ready ( Hom .). 2. Of food (as in comic writers), to season ( MM , s . v .): Mar_9:50 , Luk_14:34 , Col_4:6 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀρτύω [page 80] For ἀρτύω = season, and not restore in Mar_9:50 , Luk_14:32 , as in Col_4:6 , Wackernagel ( ThLZ 1908, col 36 n .1 ) cites Athen. III. 113. 13 ἄρτος ἁπαλός , ἀρτυόμενος γάλακτι ὀλίγῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ καὶ ἀλσὶν ἀρκετοῖς . Dioscor. II. 76 ἀρτυτοῖς (ἀρτυτικοῖς ?) ἁλσί , salibus condimento inservientibus. P Tebt II. 375 .27 (A.D. 140) ζύμης ἠρτυμένης . Ἀρτύματα spices are mentioned in an account P Amh II. 126 .40 (early ii/A.D.) : cf. P Giss I. 47 .14 (ii/A.D.) τὰ δύο μάτια (= .1 / 6 artaba) τῶν ἀρτυμάτων (δραχμῶν ) π̄ . A subst. ἀρτυματατᾶς occurs BGU IV. 1087 ii. 9 (iii/A.D.) : cf. ib. I. 9 iv. 5 ; cf. also ἀρ̣τ̣υματοπώλης on a tombstone, Preisigke 699 (i/A.D.), and ἀρτυτήρ in Michel 1001 iv. 37 v. 4 (Epicteta s Will, Thera, c. B.C. 200). In a lexicon to Iliad xviii., P Ryl I. 25 .10 (ii/A.D.) ἤρτυε is glossed [κατεσκεύα ]ζε : for supplement see Hunt s note.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἀρτύω [Etym: *ἄρω] like ἀρτύνω "to arrange, devise, prepare", δόλον, ὄλεθρον, γάμον Hom. ; so Hdt. , attic

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἀρτύω [in Sm.: Sng.8:2 * ;] __1. to arrange, make ready (Hom.). __2. Of food (as in comic writers), to season (MM, see word): Mrk.9:50, Luk.14:34, Col.4:6.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (3)

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