STRONGS G4474:
ῤαπίζω; future
ῥαπίσω (cf.
Buttmann, 37 (32f)); 1 aorist
ἐρράπισα and (so
L T Tr WH)
ἐραπισα (see Rho); (from
ῤαπίς a rod);
1. to smite with a rod or staff (
Xenophanes in (
Diogenes Laërtius 8, 36;
Herodotus,
Demosthenes,
Polybius,
Plutarch, others).
2. "to smite in the face with the palm of the hand, to box the ear:
τινα,
Matthew 26:67 (where it is distinguished from
κολαφίζω (
A. V. buffet); for
Suidas says
ῥαπισαι.
πατάσσειν τήν γνάθον ἁπλῆ τῇ χειρί not with the fist; hence, the
Vulg. renders it
palmas in faciem ei dederunt; (
A. V. marginal reading (
R. V. marginal reading) adopt sense 1 above));
τινα ἐπί (
L T Tr text
WH εἰς)
τήν σιαγόνα,
Matthew 5:39 (
Hosea 11:4). Cf. Fischer, De vitiis Lexicons, etc., p. 61ff;
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 175; (
Schmidt, Syn., chapter 113, 10; Field, Otium Norv. pars iii., p. 71).
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