ψώχοντες

psṓchō

rubbing

To rub or rub out, especially by using the fingers or hand to remove outer layers or coverings from grains or similar materials. The primary sense is physical rubbing with the fingers to separate edible kernels from husks or chaff. Rarely, by extension, may denote the act of crushing or triturating in small-scale manual processes.

G5597

Luke 6:1 · Word #18

Lexicon G5597

Lemmaψώχω
Transliterationpsṓchō
Strong'sG5597
DefinitionTo rub or rub out, especially by using the fingers or hand to remove outer layers or coverings from grains or similar materials. The primary sense is physical rubbing with the fingers to separate edible kernels from husks or chaff. Rarely, by extension, may denote the act of crushing or triturating in small-scale manual processes.

Morphology V PRS ACT PTCP NOM M PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state of being
Tense PRS — Present — Ongoing or repeated action
Voice ACT — Active — The subject performs the action
Mood PTCP — Participle — A verbal adjective
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Common Translation

Phraserubbing
Literalrubbing-PPA

Lexical Info

Lemmaψώχω
Strong'sG5597

SIBI-P1 Translation G5597-01

rubbing out by hand

Morphological NotesVerb, present active participle, nominative masculine plural (Gr,V,PPA,NMP); denotes ongoing action by masculine plural subjects.
Rendering RationaleThe present active participle nominative masculine plural denotes ongoing action performed by a group; "rubbing out by hand" preserves the manual, tactile root sense of separating kernels from husks and reflects the active, continuous aspect.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

rubbing out by hand

Same as P1Yes
Rationale'rubbing out by hand' is faithful to the Greek participle and describes the physical process in context; P1 is accurate.
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