King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4493
Transliteration: rhipē
Phonetic Spelling: (hree-pay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: any rapid movement, a twinkling (of lights or the eye)
Meaning: any rapid movement, a twinkling (of lights or the eye)
ῤιπῇ, ῥιπης, ἡ (ῤίπτω), used by the Greek poets from Homer down; a throw, stroke, beat: ὀφθαλμοῦ (Vulg.ictus oculi (A. V. the twinkling of an eye)), a moment of time, 1 Corinthians 15:52 (L marginal reading ῤοπή, which see).
Word Summary
rhipē: any rapid movement, a twinkling (of lights or the eye)
Original Word: ῥιπήTransliteration: rhipē
Phonetic Spelling: (hree-pay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: any rapid movement, a twinkling (of lights or the eye)
Meaning: any rapid movement, a twinkling (of lights or the eye)
Strong's Concordance
twinkling. From rhipto; a jerk (of the eye, i.e. (by analogy) an instant) -- twinkling.
see GREEK rhipto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4493: ῤιπῇῤιπῇ, ῥιπης, ἡ (ῤίπτω), used by the Greek poets from Homer down; a throw, stroke, beat: ὀφθαλμοῦ (Vulg.ictus oculi (A. V. the twinkling of an eye)), a moment of time, 1 Corinthians 15:52 (L marginal reading ῤοπή, which see).
STRONGS NT 4493: ῤοπή [ῤοπή, ῥοπης, ἡ (ῤέπω), from Aeschylus, Plato, down, inclination downward, as of the turning of the scale: ἐν ῤοπή ὀφθαλμοῦ, 1 Corinthians 15:52, L marginal reading (cf. Tdf.s note at the passage); see ῤιπῇ.]