Lexicon astraptó: to lighten, flash forth Original Word: ἀστράπτωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: astraptó Phonetic Spelling: (as-trap'-to) Short Definition: I flash, am lustrous Definition: I flash (with, then like, lightning), am lustrous. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definitionto lighten, flash forth NASB Translationdazzling (1), flashes (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 797: ἀστράπτωἀστράπτω; (later form στράπτω, see ἀσπάζομαι at the beginning (probably allied with ἀστήρ which see)); to lighten ( Homer, Iliad 9, 237; 17, 595, and often in Attic): Luke 17:24. of dazzling objects: ἐσθής ( R G ἐσθησεις), Luke 24:4 (and very often in Greek writings from Sophocles Oed. Col. 1067; Euripides, Phoen. 111, down). (Compare: ἐξαστράπτω, περιαστράπτω.)
Strong's flash, shine. Probably from aster; to flash as lightning -- lighten, shine. see GREEK aster |
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