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Dazzling

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀστράπτω

(Strong's #797 — Verb — astrapto — as-trap'-to )

"to flash forth, lighten," is said of lightning, Luke 17:24 , and of the apparel of the two men by the Lord's sepulchre, 24:4, AV, "shining." See LIGHTEN , SHINE.

2: ἐξαστράπτω

(Strong's #1823 — Verb — exastrapto — ex-as-trap'-to )

a strengthened form of No. 1 (ek, out of), signifies "to flash like lightning, gleam, be radiant," in Luke 9:29 of the Lord's raiment at His transfiguration, RV, "dazzling;" AV, "glistering." In the Sept., Ezekiel 1:4,7; Nahum 3:3 .

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dazzling'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/dazzling.html. 1940.
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