Lexicon
προσκυλίω
proskuliō
G4351
G:V Greek

to roll before

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Occurrences
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Greek
Language

proskulio describes rolling a stone against a tomb’s door.

The attested use describes the action of rolling a stone against the door of a rock-cut tomb, shown once in a finite aorist action and once in an aorist participial clause.

Senses in use

  1. Rolling a stone against a tomb door · dominant

    In Mark 15:46, the aorist active indicative occurs as the action following the placement of the body in the tomb; the APB renders the clause "then he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb." In Matthew 27:60, the aorist active participle frames the same action before the man went away; the APB renders "after rolling a large stone against the door of the tomb."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action as "rolled" in Mark 15:46 and "after rolling" in Matthew 27:60. These are clause-level renderings rather than definitions.

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