To throw/lay down · a "foot" (figuratively or literally)
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ῥίπτω · πούς is a Greek phrase meaning "to fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from , which denotes a deliberate hurl; and from (see in ), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension, to disperse".
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ῥίπτω · πούς is a Greek phrase meaning "to fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from , which denotes a deliberate hurl; and from (see in ), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension, to disperse".
G4496, G4228 is connected to 8 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Greek phrase. to fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from , which denotes a deliberate hurl; and from (see in ), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension, to disperse
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How this verb appears across 6 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
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ἔρριψαν αὐτοὺς παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ is built from this root:
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