ῥάπισμα
rhapisma · slap
Greek word · Strong’s number G4475 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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rhapisma (ῥάπισμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “slap”.
A blow with the hand.
How to say it
rha·pis·ma
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A strike of the open hand on the face.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- blows ×1
- slap ×1
- slaps ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Mark 14:65
And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and to strike him and to say to him, “Prophesy!” And the attendants received him with blows.
- John 18:22
When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by gave Jesus a slap, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”
- John 19:3
and they kept coming up to him and saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they kept giving him slaps.