Strong's Lexicon
G4474 — ῥαπίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4474 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ῥαπίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of a primary rhepo "to let fall, to rap" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | rhapizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | rhap-id'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to slap |
| KJV Renderings: | smite (with the palm of the hand) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῤαπίζω; future ῥαπίσω (cf. Buttmann, 37 (32f)); 1 aorist ἐρράπισα and (so L T Tr WH) ἐραπισα (see Rho); (from ῤαπίς a rod);
1. to smite with a rod or staff (Xenophanes in (Diogenes Laërtius 8, 36; Herodotus, Demosthenes, Polybius, Plutarch, others).
2. "to smite in the face with the palm of the hand, to box the ear: τινα, Mat 26:67 (where it is distinguished from κολαφίζω (A. V. buffet); for Suidas says ῥαπισαι. πατάσσειν τήν γνάθον ἁπλῆ τῇ χειρί not with the fist; hence, the Vulg. renders itpalmas in faciem ei dederunt; (A. V. marginal reading (R. V. marginal reading) adopt sense 1 above)); τινα ἐπί (L T Tr text WH εἰς) τήν σιαγόνα, Mat 5:39 (Hos 11:4). Cf. Fischer, De vitiis Lexicons, etc., p. 61ff; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 175; (Schmidt, Syn., chapter 113, 10; Field, Otium Norv. pars iii., p. 71).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ῥαπίζω (smite (with the palm of the hand))
Matthew 5:39
- KJV: But I say unto you That ye resist not evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also
- GK: εγώ δε λέγω υμίν μη αντιστήναι τω πονηρώ αλλ΄ όστις σε ραπίσει επί την δεξιάν σου σιαγόνα στρέψον αυτώ και την άλλην
Matthew 26:67
- KJV: Then did they spit in his face and buffeted him and others smote him with the palms of their hands
- GK: τότε ενέπτυσαν εις το πρόσωπον αυτού και εκολάφισαν αυτόν οι δε ερράπισαν