Definition

to spit out, i.e. (figuratively) spurn

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G4429 (πτύω);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• πτύω ptýō

How the KJV renders it

• reject

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.