Lexicon / G4525
σαίνω
sainō
  • to shake
  • to wag the tail, fawn
  • to fawn upon, flatter, beguile

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: to shake

σαίνω

__1. prop. (Hom. al.), of dogs, to wag the tail, fawn.

__2. Metaphorical, of persons, with accusative, to fawn upon, flatter, beguile: pass. 1Th.3:3 (for conjectural emendations of the text, see ICC, and M, Th. in l).†

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Abbott-Smith

Glosses: to wag the tail, fawn; to fawn upon, flatter, beguile

to wag the tail, fawn; to fawn upon, flatter, beguile