Lexicon rhapisma: a blow (with a stick or the palm of the hand) Original Word: ῥάπισμα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: rhapisma Phonetic Spelling: (hrap'-is-mah) Short Definition: a slap Definition: a slap, blow on the cheek with the open hand. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom rhapizóDefinitiona blow (with a stick or the palm of the hand) NASB Translationslaps (2), struck* (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4475: ῤάπισμαῤάπισμα, ῥαπισματος, τό ( ῤαπίζω, which see); 1. a blow with a rod or a staff or a scourge (Antiphanes in Athen. 14, p. 623 b.; Anthol., Lucian). 2. a blow with the flat of the hand, a slap in the face, box on the car: βάλλειν τινα ῤαπίσμασιν (see βάλλω, 1), Mark 14:65; διδόναι τίνι ῤάπισμα, John 18:22; ῤαπίσματα, John 19:3 (but in all three examples R. V. marginal reading recognizes sense 1 (see references under the word ῤαπίζω)).
Strong's a blow, slap in the face From rhapizo; a slap -- (+ strike with the) palm of the hand, smite with the hand. see GREEK rhapizo |
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