Strong G4494ῥιπίζω
to toss about
- Transliteration
- rhipizō
- Pronunciation
- hrip-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From a derivative of G4496 (meaning a fan or bellows); to breeze up that is (by analogy) to agitate (into waves): - toss.
Detailed definition
ῥιπίζω
(ῥιπίς, a fan) [in LXX: Dan LXX 2:35 (נְשָׂא) *;]
primarily, to fan a fire, hence generally, to make a breeze (Plut., al.). In pass. (cf. Philo, de inter. round., 24), to be tossed or blown by the wind: of waves, ἀνεμιζομένῳ καὶ ῥιπιζομένῳ, blown and raised with the wind (Hort, in l), Jas.1:6.†
(AS)
(ῥιπίς, a fan) [in LXX: Dan LXX 2:35 (נְשָׂא) *;]
primarily, to fan a fire, hence generally, to make a breeze (Plut., al.). In pass. (cf. Philo, de inter. round., 24), to be tossed or blown by the wind: of waves, ἀνεμιζομένῳ καὶ ῥιπιζομένῳ, blown and raised with the wind (Hort, in l), Jas.1:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4494 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- toss1
First verses
- James 1:6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥῑπ-ίζω,
(ῥιπίς) blow up or fan the flame, πολέμου ἔριν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Cypria “fragment” 1; στάσιν ἀνεγείρει καὶ ῥιπίζει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 360; ῥ. πῦρ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 21; φλόγα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.121 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Diodorus Epigrammaticus):)] —passive, τεμάχη ῥιπίζεται the fish is fanned to boiling-point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 842.)]
2 fan a person, in middle, fan oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 16)]:—passive, ῥιπίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν περιστερῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 202.5)]; to be fanned or blown about, ὑπ᾽ ἀνέμου [NT+4th c.BC+ (“Comica Adespota” 1324, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 967a21; πρὸς ἀνέμων 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.511; κλύδων ἀνεμιζόμενος καὶ ῥιπιζόμενος NT.Jam.1.6; ῥιπιζομένη ἄχνη 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 70.4: _metaphorically_, ῥ. ταῖς ἐλπίσι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.47.)]
3 hurl, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 10.32, compare 30 (_passive_).)]
(ῥιπίς) blow up or fan the flame, πολέμου ἔριν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Cypria “fragment” 1; στάσιν ἀνεγείρει καὶ ῥιπίζει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 360; ῥ. πῦρ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 21; φλόγα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.121 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Diodorus Epigrammaticus):)] —passive, τεμάχη ῥιπίζεται the fish is fanned to boiling-point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 842.)]
2 fan a person, in middle, fan oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 16)]:—passive, ῥιπίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν περιστερῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 202.5)]; to be fanned or blown about, ὑπ᾽ ἀνέμου [NT+4th c.BC+ (“Comica Adespota” 1324, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 967a21; πρὸς ἀνέμων 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.511; κλύδων ἀνεμιζόμενος καὶ ῥιπιζόμενος NT.Jam.1.6; ῥιπιζομένη ἄχνη 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 70.4: _metaphorically_, ῥ. ταῖς ἐλπίσι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.47.)]
3 hurl, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 10.32, compare 30 (_passive_).)]