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To flash

ἀστράπτωStrong’s G0797

astraptō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Astraptō is the Greek word usually translated “is flashing” and “dazzling”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.”
Luke 17:24 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “is flashing” and “dazzling”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • is flashing 1
  • dazzling 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 2

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀστράπτω astraptō · to flash

ἀστράπτω [in LXX for בָּרָק ;] to lighten, flash forth: Luk.17:24 24:4 (MM, see word).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “flash” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

FLASH, noun

  1. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; as a flash of lightning.
  2. A sudden burst of flame and light; as instantaneous blaze; as the flash of a gun.
  3. A sudden burst, as of wit or merriment; as a flash of wit; a flash of joy or mirth.
  4. A short, transient state.
All definitions and other forms of “flash”
  1. A body of water driven by violence. [Local.]
  2. A little pool. [Local.]

FLASH, verb intransitive

  1. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst or open instantly on the sight, as splendor.
  2. To burst or break forth with a flood of flame and light; as, the powder flashed in the pan.
  3. To burst out into any kind of violence.
  4. To break out, as a sudden expression of wit, merriment or bright thought.

FLASH, verb transitive

  1. To strike up a body of water from the surface.
  2. To strike or to throw like a burst of light; as, to flash conviction on the mind.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.