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Strong's G4496 · Greek

ῥίπτω

rhipto · hrip'-to

a primary verb (perhaps rather akin to the base of 4474, through the idea of sudden motion); to fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from 906, which denotes a deliberate hurl; and from teino (see in 1614), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, t


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ῥίπτω (G4496)

8 ῥίπτω and ( Ac 22:23 ) ῥιπτέω (strengthened form; v. Veitch, s.v. ῥίπτω , fin.), [in LXX chiefly for שׁלךְ hi. ;] to throw, cast, hurl : c. acc. rei, Mt 27:5 , Ac 27:19 , 29 ; c. acc. pers., Mt 15:30 , Lk 4:35 ; pass., Lk 17:2 ; ptcp., ἐριμμένοι , cast down, prostrate (Polyb., al.): Mt 9:36 ; of garments, to throw off (for flight, Eur., Xen., al.; ὅπλα , I Mac 5:43 ; so EV in Ac 22:23 , but v. infr.). = ῥιπτάζω , to shake, toss, throw about : τ. ἱμάτια , Ac 22:23 ( EGT , Page, Rackham, in l.; Field, Notes , 136; but v. supr.).†

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

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