Lexical Summary anaptyssō: to unroll Original Word: ἀναπτύσσωTransliteration: anaptyssō Phonetic Spelling: (an-ap-toos'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to unroll Meaning: to unroll Strong's Concordance to unrollFrom ana (in the sense of reversal) and ptusso; to unroll (a scroll or volume) -- open. see GREEK ana see GREEK ptusso Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 380: ἀναπτύσσωἀναπτύσσω: 1 aorist ἀνεπτυξα; (ἀνά — cf. the German auf equivalent toauseinander, see ἀναλύω — and πτύσσω to fold up, roll together); to unroll (i. e. open for reading): τό βιβλίον (as in Herodotus 1, 48 and 125), Luke 4:17 (R G T) (2 Kings 19:14). The books of the Hebrews were rolls (מְגִלּות) fastened to (one or) two smooth rods and furnished with handles, so that they could be rolled up and unrolled; (cf. B. D. under the word |