Strong's G4525 · Greek

σαίνω

saino · sah'-ee-no

akin to 4579; to wag (as a dog its tail fawningly), i.e. (generally) to shake (figuratively, disturb)

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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σαίνω (G4525)

1 * σαίνω prop. (Hom., al.), of dogs, to wag the tail, fawn . Metaph., of persons, c. acc., to fawn upon, flatter, beguile : pass., I Th 3:3 (for conjectural emendations of the text, v. ICC , and M, Th. , in l.).†

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

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