Strong G797ἀστράπτω
to flash
- Transliteration
- astraptō
- Pronunciation
- as-trap'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Probably from G792; to flash as lightning: - lighten shine.
Detailed definition
ἀστράπτω
[in LXX for בָּרָק;]
to lighten, flash forth: Luk.17:24 24:4 (MM, see word).†
(AS)
[in LXX for בָּרָק;]
to lighten, flash forth: Luk.17:24 24:4 (MM, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G797 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lighteneth1
- shin1
First verses
- Luke 17:24For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
- Luke 24:4And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀστράπτω
(compare στράπτω), Epic dialect imperfect ἀστράπτεσκον[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.86)]: future ἀστράψω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 53, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 33.376)]: aorist ἤστραψα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.595, etc.)]:—lighten, hurl lightnings, frequently of omens sent by Zeus, ἀστράπτων ἐπιδέξι᾽[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.353; Κρονίδης ἐνδέξια σήματα φαίνων ἀστράπτει 9.237; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἀστράπτῃ πόσις Ἥρης 10.5; ἀστράψας δὲ μάλα μεγάλ᾽ ἔκτυπε 17.595; οὑλύμπιος ἤστραπτεν, ἐβρόντα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 531, compare “V.” 626.)]
2 impersonal, ἀστράπτει it lightens, ἤστραψε it lightened, οὐρανοῦ δ᾽ ἄπο ἤστραψε[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 578, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1392b27.)]
II flash or glance like lightning, πᾶς γὰρ ἀστράπτει χαλινός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1067 (Lyric poetry))]; κατάχαλκον ἀ. πεδίον gleams with brass, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ph.” III; so ἀ. χαλκῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.4.1)]; of the face, εἶδον τὴν ὄψιν.. ἀστράπτουσαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254b; ἀ. τοῖς ὄμμασι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.15)]; of flowers, ἀνεμωνίδες ἀστράπτουσαι bright, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.64: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἐξ ὀμμάτων δ᾽ ἤστραπτε.. σέλας (i.e. Τυφών))] flashed flame from his eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 358; ἵμερον ἀστράπτουσα κατ᾽ ὄμματος “Anthologia Graeca” 12.161 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus), compare 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus [same place]; ἤστραψε γλυκὺ κάλλος “Anthologia Graeca” 12.110 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 of persons, to be brilliant, conspicuous, ἔν τινι[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.361, 2.23.)]
III transitive, consume with lightning, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 53.)]
III.2 illuminate, τι [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Musaeus Epicus 276.)]
(compare στράπτω), Epic dialect imperfect ἀστράπτεσκον[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.86)]: future ἀστράψω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 53, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 33.376)]: aorist ἤστραψα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.595, etc.)]:—lighten, hurl lightnings, frequently of omens sent by Zeus, ἀστράπτων ἐπιδέξι᾽[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.353; Κρονίδης ἐνδέξια σήματα φαίνων ἀστράπτει 9.237; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἀστράπτῃ πόσις Ἥρης 10.5; ἀστράψας δὲ μάλα μεγάλ᾽ ἔκτυπε 17.595; οὑλύμπιος ἤστραπτεν, ἐβρόντα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 531, compare “V.” 626.)]
2 impersonal, ἀστράπτει it lightens, ἤστραψε it lightened, οὐρανοῦ δ᾽ ἄπο ἤστραψε[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 578, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1392b27.)]
II flash or glance like lightning, πᾶς γὰρ ἀστράπτει χαλινός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1067 (Lyric poetry))]; κατάχαλκον ἀ. πεδίον gleams with brass, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ph.” III; so ἀ. χαλκῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.4.1)]; of the face, εἶδον τὴν ὄψιν.. ἀστράπτουσαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254b; ἀ. τοῖς ὄμμασι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.15)]; of flowers, ἀνεμωνίδες ἀστράπτουσαι bright, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.64: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἐξ ὀμμάτων δ᾽ ἤστραπτε.. σέλας (i.e. Τυφών))] flashed flame from his eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 358; ἵμερον ἀστράπτουσα κατ᾽ ὄμματος “Anthologia Graeca” 12.161 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus), compare 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus [same place]; ἤστραψε γλυκὺ κάλλος “Anthologia Graeca” 12.110 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 of persons, to be brilliant, conspicuous, ἔν τινι[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.361, 2.23.)]
III transitive, consume with lightning, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 53.)]
III.2 illuminate, τι [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Musaeus Epicus 276.)]