στρώννυμιstrṓnnymi
to "strew," i.e. spread (as a carpet or couch)
Greek (New Testament) · G4766
Meanings
to spread: ἱμάτια ἐν τ. ὁδῷ (εἰς τ. ὁδόν), Matthew 21:8, Mark 11:8; of making a bed, στρῶσον (namely τ. κλίνην) σεαυτῷ, Acts 9:34; of furnishing a room, ἐστρωμένον, spread with carpets or carpeted couches (cf. Ezekiel 23:41), Mark 14:15, Luke 22:12.
Same root
- στερεόςstereós · G4731stiff, i.e. solid, stable (literally or figuratively)
- καταστρώννυμιkatastrṓnnymi · G2693to strew down, i.e. (by implication) to prostrate (slay)
- ἀστήρastḗr · G792a star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively
- ὑποστρώννυμιhypostrṓnnymi · G5291to strew underneath (the feet as a carpet)
- λιθόστρωτοςlithóstrōtos · G3038stone-strewed, i.e. a tessellated mosaic on which the Roman tribunal was placed
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 21:8 Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
- Mark 11:8 Many in the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others spread leafy branches they had cut in the fields.
- Mark 14:15 He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.”
- Luke 22:12 He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.”
- Acts 9:34 Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you! Get up, and roll up your sleeping mat!” And he was healed instantly.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.