G797
G797 — ἀστράπτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
astrapto (as-trap'-to) v.
1. to flash as lightning
[probably from G792]
KJV: lighten, shine
Root(s): G792
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
lighten, shine
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.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀστράπτω (lighten)
Luke 17:24
- KJV: For as the lightning that lighteneth out of the one under heaven shineth unto the other under heaven so shall also the Son of man be in his day
- GK: ώσπερ γαρ η αστραπή η αστράπτουσα εκ της υπ΄ ουρανόν εις την υπ΄ ουρανόν λάμπει ούτως έσται και ο υιός του ανθρώπου εν τη ημέρα αυτού
Luke 24:4
- KJV: And it came to pass as they were much perplexed thereabout behold two men stood by them in shining garments
- GK: και εγένετο εν τω διαπορείσθαι αυτάς περί τούτου και ιδού δύο άνδρες επέστησαν αύταις εν εσθήσεσιν αστραπτούσαις