Strong's G4493: ῥιπή (rhipḗ) Meaning

Quick Definition

ῥιπή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a glance, twinkle (of the eye)

Strong's Definition

a jerk (of the eye, i.e. (by analogy) an instant)

Derivation: from G4496 (ῥίπτω);

KJV Usage: twinkling

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ῥιπή (G4493)

noun, f. | -ῆς | ῥίπτω

16.5 · Non-Linear Movement

blinking a rapid motion, especially of the eye For ῥιπή as part of an idiom, see 67.114.

1CO 15:52

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ῥιπή, -ῆς, ἡ, (ῥίπτω), used by the Grk. poets fr. Hom. down; a throw, stroke, beat: ὀφθαλμοῦ (Vulg. ictus oculi ΓΑ. V. the twinkling of an eye]), a moment of time, 1 Co. xv. 52 [Lumrg. ῥοπή, q. v.].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ῥιπή rhipē 1x

pr. a rapid sweep, jerk; a wink, twinkling of the eye, 1 Cor. 15:52*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ῥιπή, ῆς, ἡ

(< ῥίπτω),

poët. in cl., any rapid movement such as the throw or flight of a javelin, the rush of wind or flame, the flapping of wings, the twinkling of lights; ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ, the twinkling of an eye: I Co 15:52 (L, mg., ῥοπή, q.v.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ῥοπή (~ ῥιπή ) [page 564] ῥοπή occurs as a v.l . for ῥιπή , a moment, in 1Co_15:52 D*EFG 67**. For the original meaning, a turn of the scale, as in. Sap 18 .12 , cf. P Par 63 .73 (B.C. 165) (as read P Petr III. p. 24) συμβαλεῖται ῥοπὴν εἰς τὸ προκίμενον , it would turn the scale in favour of the matter in hand (Mahaffy), and P Tebt I. 27 .79 (cited s.v . ἐνθυμέομαι ). See also Aristeas 90 ῥοπῇ καὶ νεύματι , momenta temporis et ad nutum, Vett. Val. p. 301 .1 αἱ στιγμαὶ ἢ ῥοπαὶ τῶν ὡρῶν , and Herodas VII. 33 with Headlam s note.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ῥιπή (rhipē) — twinkling. ῥῑπ-ή, ἡ, (ῥίπτω) poet. Noun, swing or force with which anything is thrown, ὅσση δ᾽ αἰγανέης ῥιπὴ.. τέτυκται as far as is the flight of a javelin, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέτριναι ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βελέων ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς.. Βορέαο the sweep or rush of the N. wind, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry, here metaphorically of gusts of passion, compare [Refs]; ῥ. Διόθεν τεύχουσα φόβον storm, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ῥ. πυρός rush of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεραυνῶν, χαλάζης, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὑπὸ ῥιπῇς Ἀφροδίτης, of love, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; νυχιᾶν (ἐννυχιᾶν Lachm.) ἀπὸ ῥιπᾶν from the night storms, i.e. from the “North”, the land of darkness and storms, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. πτερύγων ῥιπαί flapping of wings, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; buzz of a gnat's wing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the lyre's quivering notes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. quivering, twinkling light, ῥιπαὶ ἄστρων [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. b of any rapid movement, ῥ. ποδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥ. ὠκυάλῳ, of a dolphin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a bird's wing, οὐδὲ τινάσσει ῥιπήν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐν ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ the twinkling of an eye, [NT]

4. a strong smell, ῥ. οἴνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ῥιπή, ῆς, ἡ (ῥίπτω), poët. in cl., any rapid movement such as the throw or flight of a javelin, the rush of wind or flame, the flapping of wings, the twinkling of lights; ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ, the twinkling of an eye: 1Co.15:52 (L, mg., ῥοπή, which see).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

15:52

G4493 ῥιπή (rhipḗ)