Strong G4743στιγμή

instant

Transliteration
stigmē
Pronunciation
stig-may'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine of G4742; a point of time that is an instant: - moment.

Detailed definition

στιγμή, -ῆς, ἡ
(στίζω, to prick), [in LXX: Isa.29:5 (פֶּתַע), 2Ma.9:11 *;]
a prick, a point; metaphorically, σ. χρόνου, a moment: Luk.4:5.†
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In the Bible

Strong G4743 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • moment1

First verses

  1. Luke 4:5
    And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
στιγ-μή, ἡ,
spot on a bird's plumage, Alex.Mynd. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.398d (_plural_))]; brand-mark, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34 / 5.2.1 (_plural_).)]
2 mathematical point, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 108b26, “EN” 1174b12, “de An.” 427a10, +others, 2nd c.BC: Apollodorus Seleuciensis Stoicus 3.259)]; ὅσον σ. αἱματίνη 'a speck of blood', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 561a11.)]
3 metaphorically of anything very small, jot, tittle, εἴ γ᾽ εἶχε στιγμὴν ἢ σκιὰν τούτων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.115, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 1067)]; of time, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 196, LXX.Isa.29.5)]; ἐν σ. χρόνου in a moment, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Luke.4.5; σ. χρόνου ὁ βίος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.13a, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 7.472 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus))]; ἐν σ. without χρόνου, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 131.4)]; στιγμῇ καιρο,= puncto temporis, [Refs (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)]
II Grammars, ς. or τελεία σ. full stop, period, μέση σ. colon, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 630.6, compare ὑποστιγμή: Nicanor made 8 στιγμαί, Scholia ib [prev. author] p.24 H., compare 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)] see at {Νικάνω; σ. πᾶσα σημεῖον αὐτοτελείας} [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 182.17, compare “Pron.” 53.16, +others)]