What does ἀποτινάσσω (apotinássō) mean in the Bible?
ἀποτινάσσω (apotinássō): Vigorous rejection or disassociation, often symbolizing refusal of responsibility or breaking free from constraint.
Greek · G660
ἀποτινάσσω
To brush off
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ἀποτινάσσω G660
Pronunciation apotinássō
What does ἀποτινάσσω (apotinássō) mean in the Bible?
ἀποτινάσσω (apotinássō): Vigorous rejection or disassociation, often symbolizing refusal of responsibility or breaking free from constraint.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G660?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [Paul] shook (1), shake (1).
Where does ἀποτινάσσω (apotinássō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 9:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Luke (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 [Paul] shook 1× Acts 28:5
shake 1× Luke 9:5
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 9:5
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Luke 1 Acts 1
Source forms
ἀποτινάξας 1x apotinaxas Acts 28:5
ἀποτινάσσετε 1x apotinassete Luke 9:5
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 28:5
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural 1x Luke 9:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Vigorous rejection or disassociation, often symbolizing refusal of responsibility or breaking free from constraint.
Strong's G660
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 9:5 Source Gloss
to brush off
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.
Luke 9:5 Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Active Imperative
ἀποτινάξατε apotinaxate
I shake off
Read verse Acts 28:5 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀποτινάξας apotinaxav
I shake off
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Active
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Tenses
Voices
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Present Active Luke 9:5 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Acts 28:5 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1 present 1
Voice
active 2
Mood
participle 1 imperative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
disciples instructed to shake dust from feet as rejection gesture
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀποτινάσσω is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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