Strong G4475ῥάπισμα

slap

Transliteration
rhapisma
Pronunciation
hrap'-is-mah
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

From G4474; a slap: - (+ strike with the) palm of the hand smite with the hand.

Detailed definition

a stroke, a slap on the face , (Lucian) (ML)

In the Bible

Strong G4475 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • hand3

First verses

  1. Mark 14:65
    And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
  2. John 18:22
    And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
  3. John 19:3
    And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥάπ-ισμα [ᾰ], ατος, τό,
stroke, ἀνθράκων ῥαπίσμασι (Abresch ῥιπ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 217.21.)]
2 slap on the face, [NT (NT.Mark.14.65, NT.John.18.22)]; in Latin form rhapismata, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 8.48.6; ῥ. λαμβάνειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 8.2; ῥ. ἀμφὶ πρόσωπα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.288 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).)]
2 weal, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Arch.Papyrus 3. 418.30 (6th c.AD).)]