Quick Definition
ῥιπίζω v. I toss to and fro
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of 4496 (meaning a fan or bellows); to breeze up, i.e. (by analogy) to agitate (into waves)
KJV Usage: toss
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb
16.11 · (ῥιπίζομαι) · Non-Linear Movement
to be tossed about to be forcibly tossed back and forth
1 Though with ῥιπίζομαι there is some movement in space, there is no linear movement from one place to another, but only the back and forth movement which results in the object remaining more or less in the same place.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῥιπίζω : pres. pass. ptep. ῥιπιζόμενος ; (fr. ῥιπίς a bellows or fan) ; hence 1. prop. to raise a breeze, put air in motion, whether for the sake of kindling a fire or of cooling one’s self; hence a. to blow up a fire: φλόγα, πῦρ, Anthol. 5,122, 6; Plut. Flam. 21. b. to fan i.e. cool with a fan (Tertull. flabello): Plut. Anton. 26. 2. to toss to and fro, to agitate: of the wind, πρὸς ἀνέμων ῥιπίζεται τὸ ὕδωρ, Philo de incorrupt. mundi § 24; ῥιπιζομένη ἄχνη, Dio Cass. 70,4; δῆμος ἄστατον, κακὸν καὶ θαλάσσῃ πάνθ᾽ ὅμοιον, ὑπ’ ἀνέμου ῥιπίζεται, Dio Chr. 32 p. 368 b.; hence joined w. ἀνεμίζεσθαι it is used of a person whose mind wavers in uncertainty between hope and fear, between doing and not doing a thing, das. i. 6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥιπίζω rhipizō 1x
to fan, blow, ventilate; to toss, agitate, e.g. the ocean by the wind, Jas. 1:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ῥιπίζω
(< ῥιπίς, a fan) [in LXX: Da LXX 2:35 (נְשָׂא) * ;]
primarily, to fan a fire, hence generally, to make a breeze (Plut., al.). In pass. (cf. Philo, de incer. mund., 24), to be tossed or blown by the wind: of waves, ἀνεμιζομένῳ καὶ ῥιπιζομένῳ, blown and raised with the wind (Hort, in l.), Ja 1:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥιπίζω. To Hort’s exx. ad Jas 1° of this word to denote the surface of the water blown upon by shifting breezes, rather than billows lashed by a storm, we may add Aristeas 70 where the workmanship bestowed on certain ornamental leaves is described as so life-like that if a breath of wind blew upon them—pum(lovtos τοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἀέρα tvevpatos—the leaves stirred in their places. It should be noted that the verb is derived not from ῥιπή, ‘fa rushing motion ”’ (ῥίπτω), but from puts, ‘a fire-fan.” pinto, ““throw off,’’ “‘ throw away”’: cf. P Tebt I. 48? (c. B.c. 113) ῥίψαντα τὸ ἱμάτιον els φυγὴν ὁρμῆσαι, ‘so that he threw away his garment and took to flight” (Edd.), Ρ Ryl 11. 125% (A.D. 28-9) ἐκκενώσας τὰ προκείμενα ἔριψεν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ μου τὴν πυξίδα κενήν, ‘having rifled the contents aforesaid he threw the box empty into my house” (Edd.). Both AV and RV adopt this meaning in Ac 2258, but Field (Votes, p. 136), who is followed by various commentators, prefers the rendering ‘‘shake,’’ ‘‘ throw about,” as if the verb = ῥιπτάζω : cf. the medical use in connexion with convulsive fits, etc., as illustrated by Hobart p. 2.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ῥιπίζω (rhipizō) — to toss about. ῥῑπ-ίζω, (ῥιπίς) blow up or fan the flame, πολέμου ἔριν [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τεμάχη ῥιπίζεται the fish is fanned to boiling-point, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. fan a person, in middle, fan oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ῥιπίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν περιστερῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be fanned or blown about, ὑπ᾽ ἀνέμου [NT+4th c.BC+]
3. hurl, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]