Strong's G797: ἀστράπτω (astráptō) Meaning

Quick Definition

ἀστράπτω v. I flash, am lustrous

Strong's Definition

to flash as lightning

Derivation: probably from G792 (ἀστήρ);

KJV Usage: lighten, shine

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀστράπτω (G0797)

verb | ἀστραπή · ἐξαστράπτω · περιαστράπτω

14.47 · Physical Events and States · Light

to glisten, to dazzle, to gleam, to flash to give off or to reflect a very bright light

LUK 17:24 · LUK 24:4

¹ It may be that ἐξαστράπτω differs from ἀστράπτω either in emphasizing the source or in suggesting greater intensity of brightness, but NT usage does not provide a clear indication for such a distinction.

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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.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀστράπτω astraptō 2x

to lighten, flash as lightning, Lk. 17:24; to be bright, shining, Lk. 24:4*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἀστράπτω,

[in LXX for בּרק;]

to lighten, flash forth: Lk 17:24 24:4 (MM, s.v.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀστράπτω. The MGr ἀστράφτει, ‘it lightens,” reinforces the literary record. The word was vernacular, though, as in the case of the noun, we know of no exx. except in the magic papyri, , ἀσυνθετος P Lond 461° (iv/a.p.) (=I. p. 70) ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἀστράπτων : So 76. 12125: (iii/a.D.) and 122 (iv/a.D.) (=I. pp. 92, 110).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀστράπτω (astraptō) — to flash. ἀστράπτω (compare στράπτω), Epic dialect imperfect ἀστράπτεσκον[Refs 2nd c.BC+]: future ἀστράψω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἤστραψα[Refs 8th c.BC+]:—lighten, hurl lightnings, frequently of omens sent by Zeus, ἀστράπτων ἐπιδέξι᾽[Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. impersonal, ἀστράπτει it lightens, ἤστραψε it lightened, οὐρανοῦ δ᾽ ἄπο ἤστραψε[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. flash or glance like lightning, πᾶς γὰρ ἀστράπτει χαλινός[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατάχαλκον ἀ. πεδίον gleams with brass, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the face, εἶδον τὴν ὄψιν.. ἀστράπτουσαν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of flowers, ἀνεμωνίδες ἀστράπτουσαι bright, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] flashed flame from his eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. of persons, to be brilliant, conspicuous, ἔν τινι[Refs 3rd c.AD+]

III. transitive, consume with lightning, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. illuminate, τι [Refs 5th c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἀστράπτω [in LXX for בָּרָק ;] to lighten, flash forth: Luk.17:24 24:4 (MM, see word).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

17:24 24:4

G797 ἀστράπτω (astráptō)