660. apotinassó
Berean Strong's Lexicon
apotinassó: To shake off, to shake away

Original Word: ἀποτινάσσω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: apotinassó
Pronunciation: ah-po-tee-NAS-so
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ot-in-as'-so)
Definition: To shake off, to shake away
Meaning: I shake off.

Word Origin: From the preposition ἀπό (apo, meaning "from" or "away") and the verb τινάσσω (tinassó, meaning "to shake" or "to move to and fro").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for ἀποτινάσσω, the concept of shaking off or separating oneself can be related to Hebrew verbs like נָעַר (na'ar, meaning "to shake" or "to shake off") as seen in contexts like Nehemiah 5:13.

Usage: The verb ἀποτινάσσω is used in the New Testament to describe the act of shaking off or shaking away something undesirable or unwelcome. It conveys a sense of deliberate action to remove or distance oneself from something, often in a symbolic or literal sense.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the cultural context of the New Testament, shaking off dust or dirt was a symbolic act performed by Jews when leaving a Gentile area, signifying a separation from those who did not follow the Jewish faith. This act was a physical demonstration of disassociating from impurity or rejection. In the Greco-Roman world, similar gestures were understood as expressions of disdain or rejection.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from apo and tinassó (to shake, brandish)
Definition
to shake off
NASB Translation
shake...off (1), shook...off (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 660: ἀποτινάσσω

ἀποτινάσσω; 1 aorist ἀπετιναξα; (1 aorist middle participle ἀποτιναξαμενος, Acts 28:5 Tr marginal reading); to shake off: Luke 9:5; Acts 28:5. (1 Samuel 10:2; Lamentations 2:7; Euripides, Bacch. 253; (ἀποτιναχθη, Galen 6, 821, Kühn edition).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
shake off.

From apo and tinasso (to jostle); to brush off -- shake off.

see GREEK apo

Forms and Transliterations
απετίναξεν απετίννυον αποτετίνακται αποτιναξας αποτινάξας ἀποτινάξας αποτινάξατε αποτινάξομαι αποτινασσετε ἀποτινάσσετε apotinassete apotinássete apotinaxas apotináxas
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Englishman's Concordance
Luke 9:5 V-PMA-2P
GRK: ποδῶν ὑμῶν ἀποτινάσσετε εἰς μαρτύριον
NAS: out from that city, shake the dust
KJV: that city, shake off the very dust
INT: feet of you shake off for a testimony

Acts 28:5 V-APA-NMS
GRK: μὲν οὖν ἀποτινάξας τὸ θηρίον
NAS: However he shook the creature off
KJV: And he shook off the beast into
INT: indeed then having shaken off the creature

Strong's Greek 660
2 Occurrences


ἀποτινάσσετε — 1 Occ.
ἀποτινάξας — 1 Occ.

















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