verb
rapizamō
Strong’sG4474
I slap, strike
stem rapiz-2 times in the New Testament2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ῥαπίζω
(< ῥαπίς, a rod), [in LXX: Jg 16:25, Ho 11:4, I Es 4:31 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4474 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhrap-id'-zo
to slap
Fromfrom a derivative of a primary ῥέπω (to let fall, "rap");
King Jamessmite (with the palm of the hand).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ῥαπίς) strike with a stick, cudgel, thrash, τινα LXX+6th c.BC+passive, ῥ. ἐκ τῶν ἀγώνων to be flogged off the course, Refs 5th c.BC+: Ionic dialect perfect participle, ῥεραπισμένα νῶτα Refs 6th c.BC+
II slap in the face (later for Attic dialect ἐπὶ κόρρης πατάξαι), ἐπὶ κόρρης ῥ. (metaphorically) NT+1st c.AD+:—passive, ῥαπισθῆναί τε καὶ πληγὰς λαβεῖν ἁπαλαῖσι χερσίν Refs 4th c.BC+; ῥαπίζειν distinguished from κολαφίζειν, NT
III generally, strike, beat, [τὸν ἀέρα] Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| rapizatōῥαπίζει | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | slaps | 1× |
| rapizalaἐράπισαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | slapped | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | rapizamō | rapizame | rapizami | rapizama | rapizamē | rapizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | rapizasō | rapizase | rapizasi | rapizasa | rapizasē | rapizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | rapizatō1×ῥαπίζει | rapizate | rapizati | rapizata | rapizatē | rapizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | rapizanō | rapizane | rapizani | rapizana | rapizanē | rapizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | rapizavō | rapizave | rapizavi | rapizava | rapizavē | rapizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | rapizalō | rapizale | rapizali | rapizala1×ἐράπισαν | rapizalē | rapizalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | rapizameiō | rapizameia | rapizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | rapizaseiō | rapizaseia | rapizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | rapizateiō | rapizateia | rapizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | rapizaneiō | rapizaneia | rapizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | rapizaveiō | rapizaveia | rapizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | rapizaleiō | rapizaleia | rapizaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | rapizasōr | rapizasar | rapizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | rapizatōr | rapizatar | rapizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | rapizavōr | rapizavar | rapizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | rapizalōr | rapizalar | rapizalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | rapizamoiō | rapizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | rapizasoiō | rapizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | rapizatoiō | rapizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | rapizanoiō | rapizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | rapizavoiō | rapizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | rapizaloiō | rapizaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | rapizarō | rapizari | rapizara | rapizarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | rapizarōntos | rapizarintos | rapizarantos | rapizarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
rapiz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
rapizatō“slaps”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Matthew 5:39… antistēara te ponēre; alla hotinos sin rapizatō eis tan dexan siagonan, strefasar auto …… resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn …
rapizala“slapped”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Matthew 26:67… autou kai kolafizala auton, tois de rapizala… His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him