Lexical Summary nyssō: to pierce Original Word: νύσσωTransliteration: nyssō Phonetic Spelling: (noos'-so) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to pierce Meaning: to pierce Strong's Concordance pierce. Apparently a primary word; to prick ("nudge") -- pierce. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3572: νύσσωνύσσω (νύττω): 1 aorist ἔνυξα; to strike (?), pierce; to pierce through, transfix; often in Homer of severe or even deadly wounds given one; as, τόν μέν ἔγχει νυξ' ... στυγερός δ' ἄρα μίν σκότος ἑιλε, Iliad 5, 45. 47; φθάσας αὐτόν ἐκεῖνος νυττει κάτωθεν ὑπό τόν βουβωνα δόρατι καί παραχρῆμα διεργάζεται, Josephus, b. j. 3, 7, 35; so τήν πλευράν λόγχη, John 19:34, cf. John 20:25, 27. On the further use of the word cf. Fritzsche, Romans, ii., p. 559. (Compare: κατανύσσω.) |