Strong's Lexicon
G797
G797 — ἀστράπτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G797 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀστράπτω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | probably from G792 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | astrapto |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | as-trap'-to |
| Meaning: | 1. to flash as lightning |
| KJV Renderings: | lighten, shine |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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): Luk 17:24. of dazzling objects: ἐσθής (R G ἐσθησεις), Luk 24:4 (and very often in Greek writings from Sophocles Oed. Col. 1067; Euripides, Phoen. 111, down). (Compare: ἐξαστράπτω, περιαστράπτω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀστράπτω (lighten)
Luke 17:24
- KJV: For as the lightning that lighteneth out of the one under heaven shineth unto the other under heaven so shall also the Son of man be in his day
- GK: ώσπερ γαρ η αστραπή η αστράπτουσα εκ της υπ΄ ουρανόν εις την υπ΄ ουρανόν λάμπει ούτως έσται και ο υιός του ανθρώπου εν τη ημέρα αυτού
Luke 24:4
- KJV: And it came to pass as they were much perplexed thereabout behold two men stood by them in shining garments
- GK: και εγένετο εν τω διαπορείσθαι αυτάς περί τούτου και ιδού δύο άνδρες επέστησαν αύταις εν εσθήσεσιν αστραπτούσαις