Strong's G2044 · Greek

ἐρεύγομαι

ereugomai · er-yoog'-om-ahee

of uncertain affinity; to belch, i.e. (figuratively) to speak out

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐρεύγομαι (G2044)

1 ἐρεύγομαι [in LXX chiefly for שָׁאַג , Ho 11:10 , Am 3:4 , 8 al.; also for נָבַע , Ps 18 (19):2 , etc. ;] to spit or spue out . Prop., of oxen (Hom.), to bellow, roar ; whence, as in LXX, to speak aloud, utter : Mt 13:35 (LXX) . (For other examples of softened force of words in late Gk., cf. σκύλλω , τρώγω , χορτάζω. ) †

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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