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Lexicon :: Strong's G796 - astrapē

Aa
ἀστραπή
Transliteration
astrapē (Key)
Pronunciation
as-trap-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:505,86

Strong’s Definitions

ἀστραπή astrapḗ, as-trap-ay'; from G797; lightning; by analogy, glare:—lightning, bright shining.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G796 in the following manner: lightning (8x), light shining (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G796 in the following manner: lightning (8x), light shining (1x).

  1. lightning

    1. of the gleam of a lamp

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀστραπή astrapḗ, as-trap-ay'; from G797; lightning; by analogy, glare:—lightning, bright shining.
STRONGS G796:
ἀστραπή, -ῆς, ἡ, lightning: Luke 10:18; Luke 17:24; Matthew 24:27; Matthew 28:3; plural, Revelation 4:5; Revelation 8:5; Revelation 11:19; Revelation 16:18; of the gleam of a lamp, Luke 11:36 [so Aeschylus fragment (from scholars on Sophocles Oed. Col. 1047) 188 Ahrens, 372 Dindorf].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
24:27; 28:3
Luke
10:18; 11:36; 17:24
Revelation
4:5; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G796 matches the Greek ἀστραπή (astrapē),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:27 - Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming from the east is seen even in the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:3 - His form was shining like the light, and his clothing was white as snow:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:18 - And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:36 - If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:24 - For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:5 - And out of the high seat came flames and voices and thunders. And seven lights of fire were burning before the high seat, which are the seven Spirits of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:5 - And the angel took the vessel; and he made it full of the fire of the altar, and sent it down on the earth: and there came thunders and voices and flames and a shaking of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:19 - And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:18 - And there were flames and voices and thunders; and there was a great earth-shock so that never, from the time when men were on the earth, had there been so great an earth-shock, so full of power.
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