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Strong's #796 - ἀστραπή
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- lightning
- of the gleam of a lamp
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ἀστρᾰπ-ή, ἡ,
= ἀστεροπή, στεροπή,
1. fiash of lightning, lightning, βροντὴ καὶ ἀ. Hdt. 3.86, cf. X. HG 7.1.31, etc.; βροντὴ δ' ἐρράγη δι' ἀστραπῆς S. Fr. 578, cf. Pl. Ti. 68a, Cra. 409c, Arist. Mete. 369b6; personified, as subject of painting, Plin. HN 35.96, Philostr. Im. 1.14: freq. in pl., lightnings, τὰς ἀ. τε καὶ κεραυνίους βολάς A. Th. 430; τᾶν πυρφόρων ἀστραπᾶν κράτη νέμων S. OT 201 (lyr.).
2. light of a lamp, A. Fr. 386, Luke 11:36.
3. metaph., ἀστραπήν τιν' ὀμμάτων flashing of the eyes, S. Fr. 474; βλέπων ἀστραπάς Ar. Ach. 566; ἐκτυφλοῦν τιν' ἀστραπὴ [εἰμί ] Antiph. 195.4, cf. Ach.Tat. 6.6.
ἀστραπή, ἀστραπῆς, 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 schol. on Sophocles Oed. Col. 1047) 188 Ahrens, 372 Dindorf).
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ἀστραπή , -ῆς , ἡ ,
[in LXX for H1300;]
lightning: Matthew 24:27; Matthew 28:3, Luke 10:18; Luke 17:24; pl., Revelation 4:5; Revelation 8:5; Revelation 11:19; Revelation 16:18; of a lamp, shining brightness, Luke 11:36.†
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