Strong G4493ῥιπή
twinkling
- Transliteration
- rhipē
- Pronunciation
- hree-pay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4496; a jerk (of the eye that is (by analogy) an instant): - twinkling.
Detailed definition
ῥιπή, ῆς, ἡ
(ῥίπτω),
poët. in cl., any rapid movement such as the throw or flight of a javelin, the rush of wind or flame, the flapping of wings, the twinkling of lights; ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ, the twinkling of an eye: 1Co.15:52 (L, mg., ῥοπή, which see).†
(AS)
(ῥίπτω),
poët. in cl., any rapid movement such as the throw or flight of a javelin, the rush of wind or flame, the flapping of wings, the twinkling of lights; ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ, the twinkling of an eye: 1Co.15:52 (L, mg., ῥοπή, which see).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4493 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- twinkling1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 15:52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥῑπ-ή, ἡ,
(ῥίπτω) poet. Noun, swing or force with which anything is thrown, ὅσση δ᾽ αἰγανέης ῥιπὴ.. τέτυκται as far as is the flight of a javelin, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.589; λᾶος ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς 12.462, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.192)]; πέτριναι ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1123 (Lyric poetry))]; βελέων ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.68)]; ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς.. Βορέαο the sweep or rush of the N. wind, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.171, 19.358, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.46; κυμάτων ῥιπαὶ ἀνέμων τε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.195, compare “Parth.” 2.20, “fragment” 88.2; ῥ. ἀνέμων [prev. author] “P.” 9.48, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 137)] (Lyric poetry, here metaphorically of gusts of passion, compare [Refs (930))]; ῥ. Διόθεν τεύχουσα φόβον storm, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1089 (_anapaest meter_), compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1016)]; ῥ. πυρός rush of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.12; ἀνδρός 8.355; ἀθανάτων 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 681, 849)]; κεραυνῶν, χαλάζης, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 3.21, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 14.77)]; ὑπὸ ῥιπῇς Ἀφροδίτης, of love, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 4.141)]; νυχιᾶν (ἐννυχιᾶν Lachm.) ἀπὸ ῥιπᾶν from the night storms, i.e. from the “North”, the land of darkness and storms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1248 (Lyric poetry, but Scholia understands Ῥιπᾶν, see at {Ῥῖπαι}).)]
2 πτερύγων ῥιπαί flapping of wings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 126 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 594.4)]; buzz of a gnat's wing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 893)]; of the lyre's quivering notes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.10.)]
3 quivering, twinkling light, ῥιπαὶ ἄστρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 106 (_anapaest meter_).)]
3.b of any rapid movement, ῥ. ποδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 885 (Lyric poetry))]; ῥ. ὠκυάλῳ, of a dolphin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 2.535)]; of a bird's wing, οὐδὲ τινάσσει ῥιπήν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.935)]; ἐν ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ the twinkling of an eye, [NT (NT.1Cor.)]
4 a strong smell, ῥ. οἴνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 166.)]
(ῥίπτω) poet. Noun, swing or force with which anything is thrown, ὅσση δ᾽ αἰγανέης ῥιπὴ.. τέτυκται as far as is the flight of a javelin, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.589; λᾶος ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς 12.462, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.192)]; πέτριναι ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1123 (Lyric poetry))]; βελέων ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.68)]; ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς.. Βορέαο the sweep or rush of the N. wind, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.171, 19.358, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.46; κυμάτων ῥιπαὶ ἀνέμων τε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.195, compare “Parth.” 2.20, “fragment” 88.2; ῥ. ἀνέμων [prev. author] “P.” 9.48, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 137)] (Lyric poetry, here metaphorically of gusts of passion, compare [Refs (930))]; ῥ. Διόθεν τεύχουσα φόβον storm, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1089 (_anapaest meter_), compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1016)]; ῥ. πυρός rush of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.12; ἀνδρός 8.355; ἀθανάτων 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 681, 849)]; κεραυνῶν, χαλάζης, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 3.21, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 14.77)]; ὑπὸ ῥιπῇς Ἀφροδίτης, of love, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 4.141)]; νυχιᾶν (ἐννυχιᾶν Lachm.) ἀπὸ ῥιπᾶν from the night storms, i.e. from the “North”, the land of darkness and storms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1248 (Lyric poetry, but Scholia understands Ῥιπᾶν, see at {Ῥῖπαι}).)]
2 πτερύγων ῥιπαί flapping of wings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 126 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 594.4)]; buzz of a gnat's wing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 893)]; of the lyre's quivering notes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.10.)]
3 quivering, twinkling light, ῥιπαὶ ἄστρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 106 (_anapaest meter_).)]
3.b of any rapid movement, ῥ. ποδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 885 (Lyric poetry))]; ῥ. ὠκυάλῳ, of a dolphin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 2.535)]; of a bird's wing, οὐδὲ τινάσσει ῥιπήν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.935)]; ἐν ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ the twinkling of an eye, [NT (NT.1Cor.)]
4 a strong smell, ῥ. οἴνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 166.)]