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Koine Greek wordlink #17068

SR GNT Mat 24:27 ἀστραπή (astrapaʸ) ‘as for the lightning is coming_out from the east’ Strongs=7960 Lemma=astrapē
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=33 AD Referred to from Word #17073

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Other uses (2) of identical word form ἀστραπή (N-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀστραπή’ (N-NFS) is always and only glossed as ‘lightning’.

Mat 28:3 ‘appearance of him as lightning and the clothing’ SR GNT Mat 28:3 word 9

OET-LV: 3 And the appearance of _him was as lightning, and the clothing of _him white as snow. (MAT_28:3)

OET-RV: 3 He looked as if you were watching lightning and his clothes were extremely white. (MAT 28:3)

Luke 17:24 ‘as for the lightning flashing from the one_part’ SR GNT Luke 17:24 word 4

OET-LV: 24 For/Because as the lightning flashing from the one _part under the sky is _shining to the one _part under sky, thus the son of_ the _man will _be. (LUK_17:24)

OET-RV: 24 because when humanity’s child returns, it’ll be like lightning that flashes from one side of the sky and shines right across to the other side. (LUK 17:24)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘astrapē’ have 3 different glosses: ‘with shining’, ‘lightning’, ‘lightnings’.

Greek words (1) other than ἀστραπή (N-NFS) with a gloss related to ‘lightning’

LUKE 10:18 ἀστραπήν (astrapaʸn) N-AFS ‘I was observing Satan/(Sāţān) as lightning out_of the heaven’ SR GNT Luke 10:18 word 8

OET-LV: 18 And he _said to _them: I _was _observing the Satan/(Sāţān) having _fallen as lightning out _of the heaven. (LUK_10:18)

OET-RV: 18 “I saw Satan,” Yeshua replied, “when he fell out of heaven like lightning. (LUK 10:18)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular