Strong G4015περιαστράπτω

to shine

Transliteration
periastraptō
Pronunciation
per-ee-as-trap'-to
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G4012 and G797; to flash all around that is envelop in light: - shine round (about).

Detailed definition

περι-αστράπτω
[in LXX: 4Ma.4:10 *;]
to flash around: with accusative, Act.9:3; before περί Act.22:6 (Eccl, and Byzant.).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4015 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shin1
  • shone1

First verses

  1. Acts 9:3
    And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
  2. Acts 22:6
    And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
περιαστράπτω,
flash around, φῶς π. τινά [NT+4th c.AD+ (NT.Act.9.3, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.131a; περί τινα NT.Act.22.6: _absolutely_, ἄγγελοι περιαστράπτοντες τοῖς ὅπλοις LXX.4Mac.4.10.)]
2 dazzle, ὁ ἀνὴρ περιαστράπτεται ὑπὸ κάλλους is dazzled with beauty, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Juncus Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.50.95, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.220.)]