Strong's Concordance knéthó: to scratch, itch Original Word: κνήθωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: knéthó Phonetic Spelling: (knay'-tho) Short Definition: I rub, tickle Definition: I rub, tickle, scratch; pass: I itch. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2833: κνήθωκνήθω: present passive κνήθομαι; (from κνάω, infinitive κναν and Attic κνην); to scratch, tickle, make to itch; passive to itch: κνηθόμενοι τήν ἀκοήν (on the accusative cf. Winers Grammar, § 32, 5), i. e. desirous of hearing something pleasant (Hesychius, κνήθειν τήν ἀκοήν. ζητοῦντες τί ἀκοῦσαι, καθ' ἡδονήν), 2 Timothy 4:3. (Middle τόν ὄνον κνήθεσθαι εἰς τάς ἀκάνθας τά ἕλκη, its sores, Aristotle, h. a. 9, 1, p. 609a, 32; κνην Ἀττικοι, κνήθειν Ἕλληνες, Moeris, p. 234; (cf. Veitch, under the word κνάω).) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance itching. From a primary knao (to scrape); to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to tickle -- X itching. Forms and Transliterations κνηθομενοι κνηθόμενοι κνήμαι κνήμαις κνήμας κνήμην κνημίδες κνήφη κνίδη knethomenoi knethómenoi knēthomenoi knēthómenoiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 28331 Occurrence κνηθόμενοι — 1 Occ. 2 Timothy 4:3 V-PPM/P-NMP GRK: ἐπισωρεύσουσιν διδασκάλους κνηθόμενοι τὴν ἀκοήν NAS: but [wanting] to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate KJV: teachers, having itching ears; INT: will heap up teachers having an itching ear |