STRONGS G4766:
στρωννύω, or
στρώννυμι: imperfect 3 person plural
ἐστρώννυον (cf.
Buttmann, 45 (39)); 1 aorist
ἐστρωσα; perfect passive participle
ἐστρωμενος; (by metathesis from
στόρνυμι,
στορέννυμι, and this from
ΣΤΟΡΑΩ; (cf. Latin
sterno, struo, etc.; English
strew, straw, etc.); see
Curtius, § 227);
to spread:
ἱμάτια ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ,
Matthew 21:8;
εἰς τόν ὁδόν,
Mark 11:8 (
πέδον πεδασμασι,
Aeschylus Ag. 909;
ἑιμασι πορον, ibid. 921). namely,
τήν κλίνην (which Greek writers from
Homer down often add, and also
λέχος,
λέκτρον, etc. (cf.
Winers Grammar, 594 (552);
Buttmann, § 130, 53))
τίνι,
Acts 9:34 (
A. V. make thy bed);
to spread with couches or divans τό ἀνάγαιον, passive (
A. V. furnished),
Mark 14:15;
Luke 22:12. (Compare:
καταστρώννυμι,
ὑποστρώννυμι.)
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