The corpus record

ἐμ-πτύω

emptuo

spit into, spit upon, to be spat upon

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Where it lives

Mark 3 · 2.73/10k
Matthew 2 · 1.12/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
Numeri 1 · 0.43/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἐμ-πτύω · em-ptyō — LSJ

spit into

spit into, ἐς ποταμόν Hdt. 1.138; εἰς στόμα ἑρπετοῦ Dsc. 4.25.

II spit upon, to be spat upon

spit upon, εἴς τι Ath. 8.345c; εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον PMagd. 24.7 (iii B.C.), Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.189a; ἐς τὸ πρόσωπόν τινος Herod. 5.76, LXX Nu. 12.14, Ev.Matt. 26.67; εἴς τινα Ev.Matt. 27.30: c. dat., Arist. Fr. 347, Ev.Marc. 10.24, etc.:—Med., LXX De. 25.9:—Pass., to be spat upon, Muson. Fr. 10p.52H.

In the wild

ἐμπτύουσι · emptyousi Herodotus, Histories 1.138.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1011)
ἐμπτυσθήσεται · emptysthēsetai New Testament, Luke 18.32 (DIORISIS sentence 941)
ἐμπτύσουσιν · emptysousin New Testament, Mark 10.32 (DIORISIS sentence 452)
ἐμπτύειν · emptyein New Testament, Mark 14.65 (DIORISIS sentence 704)
ἐνέπτυον · eneptyon New Testament, Mark 15.19 (DIORISIS sentence 734)
ἐνέπτυσαν · eneptysan New Testament, Matthew 26.67 (DIORISIS sentence 1178)

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