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Strong's G4494 · Greek

ῥιπίζομαι

rhipizo · hrip-id'-zo

from a derivative of 4496 (meaning a fan or bellows); to breeze up, i.e. (by analogy) to agitate (into waves)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ῥιπίζω (G4494)

1 ῥιπίζω ( ῥιπίς , a fan ) [in LXX: Da LXX 2:35 ( נְשָׂא ) * ;] primarily, to fan a fire, hence generally, to make a breeze (Plut., al.). In pass. (cf. Philo, de incer. mund. , 24), to be tossed or blown by the wind : of waves, ἀνεμιζομένῳ καὶ ῥιπιζομένῳ , blown and raised with the wind (Hort, in l.), Ja 1:6 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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