Lexical Summary krouō: to strike Original Word: κρούωTransliteration: krouō Phonetic Spelling: (kroo'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to strike Meaning: to strike Strong's Concordance knock. Apparently a primary verb; to rap -- knock. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2925: κρούωκρούω; 1 aorist participle κρουσας; to knock: τήν θύραν, to knock at the door, Luke 13:25; Acts 12:13 (Aristophanes eccles. 317, 990; Xenophon, symp. 1, 11; Plato, Prot., p. 310 a.; 314 d.; symp. 212 c.; but κόπτειν τήν θύραν is better, according to Phryn. with whom Lobeck agrees, p. 177 (cf. Schmidt (chapter 113, 9), who makes κόπτειν to knock with a heavy blow, κρούειν to knock with the knuckles)); without τήν θύραν (cf. Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)), Matthew 7:7; Luke 11:9, 10; Luke 12:36; Acts 12:16; Revelation 3:20 (on which see θύρα, c. ἐ.). |
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