Lexical Summary astraptō: to lighten, flash forth Original Word: ἀστράπτωTransliteration: astraptō Phonetic Spelling: (as-trap'-to) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to lighten, flash forth Meaning: to lighten, flash forth Strong's Concordance flash, shine. Probably from aster; to flash as lightning -- lighten, shine. see GREEK aster Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 797: ἀστράπτωἀστράπτω; (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): Luke 17:24. of dazzling objects: ἐσθής (R G ἐσθησεις), Luke 24:4 (and very often in Greek writings from Sophocles Oed. Col. 1067; Euripides, Phoen. 111, down). (Compare: ἐξαστράπτω, περιαστράπτω.) |
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