King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4475
Transliteration: rhapisma
Phonetic Spelling: (hrap'-is-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a blow (with a stick or the palm of the hand)
Meaning: a blow (with a stick or the palm of the hand)
ῤάπισμα, ῥαπισματος, τό (ῤαπίζω, which see);
Word Summary
rhapisma: a blow (with a stick or the palm of the hand)
Original Word: ῥάπισμαTransliteration: rhapisma
Phonetic Spelling: (hrap'-is-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a blow (with a stick or the palm of the hand)
Meaning: a blow (with a stick or the palm of the hand)
Strong's Concordance
a blow, slap in the faceFrom rhapizo; a slap -- (+ strike with the) palm of the hand, smite with the hand.
see GREEK rhapizo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4475: ῤάπισμαῤάπισμα, ῥαπισματος, τό (ῤαπίζω, which see);
1. a blow with a rod or a staff or a scourge (Antiphanes in Athen. 14, p. 623 b.; Anthol., Lucian).
2. a blow with the flat of the hand, a slap in the face, box on the car: βάλλειν τινα ῤαπίσμασιν (see βάλλω, 1), Mark 14:65; διδόναι τίνι ῤάπισμα, John 18:22; ῤαπίσματα, John 19:3 (but in all three examples R. V. marginal reading recognizes sense 1 (see references under the word ῤαπίζω)).