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Notes: Though with ῥιπίζομαι there is some movement in space, there is no linear movement from one place to another, but only the back and forth movement which results in the object remaining more or less in the same place.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to be tossed about

Semantic entry: 16.11

Semantic domains: Non-Linear Movement

Definition: to be forcibly tossed back and forth{N:001}

Forms: ῥιπίζομαι

Show passage in OET: JAM 1:6

OET-RV JAM 1:6

6 but the person who’s asking should demonstrate their faith and not be doubting. That’s because a person who doubts is like a wave on the sea that’s just blown and tossed around

OET-LV JAM 1:6

6 But him _let _be _requesting in faith, nothing doubting, because/for the one doubting is _like to_a_wave of_the_sea, being _blown and being _tossed.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ῥιπίζω

Form 1

Sense 1: to be tossed about