Quick Definition
a point of time, an instant
Strong's Definition
a point of time, i.e. an instant
Derivation: feminine of G4742 (στίγμα);
KJV Usage: moment
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στιγμή, στιγμης, ἡ (στίζω; see στίγμα, iuit.), a point: στιγμή χρόνου, a point (i. e. a moment) of time (Cicero, pro Flacco c. 25; pro Sest. 24; Caesar b. c. 2, 14; others), Luk_4:5. (Antoninus 2, 17; Plutarch, puer. educ. 17; Isa_29:5; 2Ma_9:11.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στιγμή stigmē 1x
pr. a point; met. a point of time, moment, instant, Luk_4:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στιγμή , -ῆς , ἡ
( < στίζω , to prick ),
[in LXX : Isa_29:5 ( H6621 ), 2Ma_9:11 * ;]
a prick, a point; metaph ., σ . χρόνου , a moment: Luk_4:5 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στιγμή [page 590]
lit. a, prick or point, is used metaph. of time in Luk_4:5 , Isa_29:5 : cf. Plut. 2. 13 D στιγμὴ χρόνου ὁ βίος , M. Anton. ii. 17, and the prepositional phrase ἐν στιγμῇ in Vett. Val. pp. 131 .4 , 239 .11 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
στιγμή στιγμή, ἡ, [Etym: στίζω] [Etym: = στίγμα] "a spot, point", Arist. :— metaph. "a jot, tittle", Dem. ; ἐν στ. χρόνου in "a moment", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
στιγμή, -ῆς, ἡ
(στίζω, to prick), [in LXX: Isa.29:5 (פֶּתַע), 2Ma.9:11 * ;]
a prick, a point; metaphorically, σ. χρόνου, a moment: Luk.4:5.†
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