emptuo denotes the act of spitting upon someone, depicted alongside mockery, blows, and mistreatment.

The supplied verses consistently depict the act of spitting upon a person in hostile treatment. It occurs in predictions of such mistreatment and in narrative scenes where it accompanies mockery, striking, slapping, or kneeling in mockery.

1. Spitting upon a person in hostile abuse · dominant

   Across all six occurrences, the verb names spitting directed at a person amid hostile actions. In Luke 18:32 and Mark 10:34, future forms place it among predicted mockery, mistreatment, flogging, and killing; in Mark 14:65, Mark 15:19, Matthew 26:67, and Matthew 27:30, active forms describe the act alongside covering the face, striking, slapping, or using a reed.

   Luke 18:32Mark 10:34Mark 14:65Mark 15:19Matthew 26:67Matthew 27:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the action with “spit upon,” “spit on,” “to spit on,” “spat on,” and “spat in his face.” These renderings confirm the verse-level action rather than establish separate meanings.