προσκυλίω
proskyliō · roll against
Greek word · Strong’s number G4351 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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proskyliō (προσκυλίω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “roll against”.
Roll a stone up against something.
How to say it
pros·ky·li·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To push a round stone up to close an opening.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- after rolling ×1
- he rolled ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 27:60
and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and after rolling a large stone to the door of the tomb, he went away.
- Mark 15:46
And having bought a linen cloth, he took him down, wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.