King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G797
Transliteration: astraptō
Phonetic Spelling: (as-trap'-to)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lighten, flash forth
Meaning: to lighten, flash forth
ἀστράπτω; (later form στράπτω, see ἀσπάζομαι at the beginning (probably allied with ἀστήρ which see)); to lighten (Homer, Iliad 9, 237; 17, 595, and often in Attic): Luke 17:24. of dazzling objects: ἐσθής (R G ἐσθησεις), Luke 24:4 (and very often in Greek writings from Sophocles Oed. Col. 1067; Euripides, Phoen. 111, down). (Compare: ἐξαστράπτω, περιαστράπτω.)
Word Summary
astraptō: to lighten, flash forth
Original Word: ἀστράπτωTransliteration: astraptō
Phonetic Spelling: (as-trap'-to)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lighten, flash forth
Meaning: to lighten, flash forth
Strong's Concordance
flash, shine. Probably from aster; to flash as lightning -- lighten, shine.
see GREEK aster
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 797: ἀστράπτωἀστράπτω; (later form στράπτω, see ἀσπάζομαι at the beginning (probably allied with ἀστήρ which see)); to lighten (Homer, Iliad 9, 237; 17, 595, and often in Attic): Luke 17:24. of dazzling objects: ἐσθής (R G ἐσθησεις), Luke 24:4 (and very often in Greek writings from Sophocles Oed. Col. 1067; Euripides, Phoen. 111, down). (Compare: ἐξαστράπτω, περιαστράπτω.)