Strong's Lexicon

G4493

G4493 — ῥιπή

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekrhipenounOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G4493
Word:ῥιπή
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from G4496
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:rhipe
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:rhee-pay'
Meaning:1. a jerk (of the eye) 2. (by analogy) an instant
KJV Renderings:twinkling

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ῤιπῇ, ῥιπης, (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, 1Co 15:52 (L marginal reading ῤοπή, which see).

STRONGS NT 4493: ῤοπή [ῤοπή, ῥοπης, (ῤέπω), from Aeschylus, Plato, down, inclination downward, as of the turning of the scale: ἐν ῤοπή ὀφθαλμοῦ, 1Co 15:52, L marginal reading (cf. Tdf.s note at the passage); see ῤιπῇ.]

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ῥιπή (twinkling)

1 Corinthians 15:52

KJV: In a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed
GK: εν ατόμω εν ριπή οφθαλμού εν τη εσχάτη σάλπιγγι σαλπίσει γαρ και οι νεκροί εγερθήσονται άφθαρτοι και ημείς αλλαγησόμεθα
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