What does πτύον (ptýon) mean in the Bible?
πτύον (ptýon): Agricultural tool for separating grain from chaff; metaphor for divine judgment dividing worthy from worthless.
Greek · G4425
πτύον
A winnowing-fork (as scattering like spittle)
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πτύον G4425
Pronunciation ptýon
What does πτύον (ptýon) mean in the Bible?
πτύον (ptýon): Agricultural tool for separating grain from chaff; metaphor for divine judgment dividing worthy from worthless.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4425?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include winnowing fork [is] (2).
Where does πτύον (ptýon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 3:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It winnowing fork [is] 2× Matthew 3:12, Luke 3:17
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 3:12
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Luke 1
Source forms
πτύον 2x ptyon Matthew 3:12, Luke 3:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Matthew 3:12, Luke 3:17
Evidence Summary
JusticeMessiah
Greek word. Agricultural tool for separating grain from chaff; metaphor for divine judgment dividing worthy from worthless.
Strong's G4425
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 3:15–20 Source Gloss
a winnowing-fork (as scattering like spittle)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 3:12 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
πτύον ptuon
a simple wooden pitchfork
Read verse Luke 3:17 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
πτύον ptuon
a simple wooden pitchfork
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 3:12 · Luke 3:17 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
winnowing fork
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πτύον is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Depicts Christ’s authority to separate the righteous from the wicked. Luke 3:15–20
Canonical Themes
JusticeMessiah
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain