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ῥαπίζω

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Gloss: to slap

Transliteration: rhapizō

Strong’s: G4474

ῥαπίζω
(ῥαπίς, a rod), [in LXX: Jdg.16:25, Heb.11:4, I Est.4:11 * ;]
__1. prop., to strike with a rod.
__2. In late writers, to strike (the face) with the palm of the hand: Mat.26:67; with accusative of person(s), before εἰς τ. σιαγόνα, Mat.5:39 (cf. Field, Notes, 40, 105).†
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