What does ῥιπή (rhipḗ) mean in the Bible?
ῥιπή (rhipḗ) is a Greek word meaning "twinkling".
Greek · G4493
ῥιπή
Twinkling
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ῥιπήG4493
Pronunciationrhipḗ
What does ῥιπή (rhipḗ) mean in the Bible?
ῥιπή (rhipḗ) is a Greek word meaning "twinkling".
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How does the BSB render G4493?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [the] twinkling (1).
Where does ῥιπή (rhipḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 15:52. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[the] twinkling1×1 Corinthians 15:52
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First aligned row1 Corinthians 15:52
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
1 Corinthians1
Source forms
ῥιπῇ1xrhipē1 Corinthians 15:52
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1x1 Corinthians 15:52
Evidence Summary
Greek word. twinkling
Strong'sG4493
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
twinkling
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(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).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 15:52Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ῥιπῇriph
a glance, twinkle (of the eye)
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternDative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine1 Cor 15:521×
Word Origins
ῥιπή is built from this root:
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