To throw off
ῥιπτέωStrong’s G4496rhipteō
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Rhipteō is the Greek word usually translated “cast away”, “placed” and “having cast down”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.”
Meaning
Usually translated “cast away”, “placed” and “having cast down”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- cast away 1
- they placed 1
- having cast down 1
- having thrown 1
- he has been thrown 1
- casting off 1
- they cast away 1
- having cast 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Acts 3
- Luke 2
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 15:30And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
- Matthew 27:5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
- Luke 4:35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
- Luke 17:2It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
- Acts 22:23And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
- Acts 27:19And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
Greek dictionary
ῥιπτέω rhipteō · to throw off
ῥιπτέω, see: ῥίπτω. ῥίπτω and (Act.22:23) ῥιπτέω (strengthened form; see Veitch, see word ῥίπτω, fin.), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלַךְ hi. ;] 1. to throw, cast, hurl: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.27:5, Act.27:19, 29; with accusative of person(s), Mat.15:30, Luk.4:35; pass., Luk.17:2; ptcp., ἐριμμένοι, cast down, prostrate (Polyb., al.): Mat.9:36; of garments, to throw off (for flight, Eur., Xen., al.; ὅπλα, 1Ma.5:43; so EV in Act.22:23, but see infr.). 2. = ῥιπτάζω, to shake, toss, throw about: τ. ἱμάτια, Act.22:23 (EGT, Page, Rackham, in l; Field, Notes, 136; but see supr.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “castaway” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CASTAWAY, noun
That which is thrown away. A person abandoned by God, as unworthy of his favor; a reprobate.
All definitions and other forms of “castaway”
CASTAWAY, adjective
Rejected; useless; of no value.
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.