Greek verb · G4474
ῥαπίζω
rhapizohrap-id'-zo
prop., to strike with a rod.; In late writers, to strike (the face) with the palm of the hand
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: rhapízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4474is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4474
to slap
The King James renders it: smite (with the palm of the hand).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
rhapizo is rendered "prop., to strike with a rod.; In late writers, to strike (the face) with the palm of the hand". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "prop., to strike with a rod.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
Matthew 5:39ῥαπίζει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's two uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: prop., to strike with a rod., and In late writers, to strike (the face) with the palm of the hand.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| prop., to strike with a rod. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 5:39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek… |
| In late writers, to strike (the face) with the palm of the hand | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 5:39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ῥάπισμα | rhapisma | slap | Uses3 |
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐράπισαν1
- ῥαπίζει1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
Matthew
two uses
But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
- ῥαπίζειrhapizeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: strike
Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
- ἐράπισανerapisanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: slapped
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.