Dictionaries :: Swell, Swollen

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Swell, Swollen:

primarily, "to blow, to burn," later came to denote "to cause to swell," and, in the Middle Voice, "to become swollen," Act 28:6. In the Sept., Num 5:21, 22, 27.

Note: Some, connecting the word prenes in Act 1:18 with pimpremi, give it the meaning "swelling up:" see HEADLONG.