Lexicon rhipé: any rapid movement, spec. a twinkling (of lights or the eye) Original Word: ῥιπή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: rhipé Phonetic Spelling: (hree-pay') Short Definition: a glance, twinkle (of the eye) Definition: a glance, twinkle or flash of the eye; a rush of wind or flame; any rapid movement. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom rhiptóDefinitionany rapid movement, spec. a twinkling (of lights or the eye) NASB Translationtwinkling (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4493: ῤιπῇῤιπῇ, ῥιπης, ἡ ( ῤίπτω), used by the Greek poets from Homer down; a throw, stroke, beat: ὀφθαλμοῦ ( Vulg.ictus oculi ( A. V. the twinkling of an eye)), a moment of time, 1 Corinthians 15:52 ( L marginal reading ῤοπή, which see). STRONGS NT 4493: ῤοπή [ῤοπή, ῥοπης, ἡ (ῤέπω), from Aeschylus, Plato, down, inclination downward, as of the turning of the scale: ἐν ῤοπή ὀφθαλμοῦ, 1 Corinthians 15:52, L marginal reading (cf. Tdf.s note at the passage); see ῤιπῇ.]
Strong's twinkling. From rhipto; a jerk (of the eye, i.e. (by analogy) an instant) -- twinkling. see GREEK rhipto |
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