Word Study · Strong's G796 · Greek
ἀστραπή
astrape
as-trap-ay'
Strong's 1890 spelling: astrapḗ
“lightning”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
lightning; by analogy, glare
Rendered in the KJV as
lightning, bright shining.
- 9occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- ἀστραπαὶ4
- ἀστραπὴ3
- ἀστραπῇ1
- ἀστραπὴν1
How it is rendered · 3
- flashes of lightning4
- lightning4
- shining1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural4
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1
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- N-NPF · 4
- N-NSF · 3
- N-ASF · 1
- N-DSF · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 24:27ἀστραπὴastrapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularFor just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.here: lightning
- Matthew 28:3ἀστραπὴastrapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularHis appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.here: lightning
Luke3 occurrences
- Luke 10:18ἀστραπὴνastrapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularSo He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.here: lightning
- Luke 11:36ἀστραπῇastrapēanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularSo if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”here: shining
- Luke 17:24ἀστραπὴastrapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularFor just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.here: lightning
Revelation4 occurrences
- Revelation 4:5ἀστραπαὶastrapainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluralFrom the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.here: flashes of lightning
- Revelation 8:5ἀστραπαὶastrapainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluralThen the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.here: flashes of lightning
- Revelation 11:19ἀστραπαὶastrapainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluralThen the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.here: flashes of lightning
- Revelation 16:18ἀστραπαὶastrapainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluralAnd there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.here: flashes of lightning