noun · feminine

ripas

Greekῥιπή (ripē)

Strong’sG4493

a glance, twinkle (of the eye)

stem rip-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

twinkling1×

What it means

* ῥιπή, ῆς, ἡ

(< ῥίπτω),

poët. in cl., any rapid movement such as the throw or flight of a javelin, the rush of wind or flame, the flapping of wings, the twinkling of lights; ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ, the twinkling of an eye: I Co 15:52 (L, mg., ῥοπή, q.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4493 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhree-pay'

a jerk (of the eye, i.e. (by analogy) an instant)

Fromfrom G4496;

King Jamestwinkling.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	ripas	ripais
object accusative	ripan	ripain
direct address vocative	ripar	ripair
of, belonging to genitive	ripau	ripaiu
to, for dative	ripa1×ῥιπῇ	ripai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

ripstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ripa 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

ripa“twinkling”to, fordative singular1×

1 Corinthians 15:52“twinkling”en atome, en ripa ofthalmou, en ta eschata salpinxa; salpizati gar, kai tois nekrois egeirili afthartois, kai nis allassini.in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.