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Koine Greek wordlink #159120

SR GNT Rev 8:5 ἀστραπαί (astrapai) ‘and sounds and lightnings and an earthquake’ Strongs=7960 Lemma=astrapē
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=96 AD

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Other uses (3) of identical word form ἀστραπαί (N-NFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀστραπαί’ (N-NFP) is always and only glossed as ‘lightnings’.

Rev 4:5 ‘the throne are going_out lightnings and voices and’ SR GNT Rev 4:5 word 6

OET-LV: 5 And out _of the throne are _going _out lightnings, and voices, and thunders. And seven lamps of _fire being _burned before the throne, which is the seven spirits of_ the _god, (REV_4:5)

OET-RV: 5 From the centre throne came lightning flashes and thunderous sounds and voices. In front of it, seven torches were burning, which are God’s seven spirits. (REV 4:5)

Rev 11:19 ‘of him and there became lightnings and voices and’ SR GNT Rev 11:19 word 30

OET-LV: 19 And was _opened _up the temple of_ the _god which in the heaven, and was _seen the box of _the covenant of _him in the temple of _him, and there _became lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an_earthquake, and hail great. (REV_11:19)

OET-RV: 19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the wooden chest containing his agreement appeared in his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a large hailstorm. (REV 11:19)

Rev 16:18 ‘and became lightnings and voices and’ SR GNT Rev 16:18 word 5

OET-LV: 18 And became lightnings, and and voices, and thunders, an_earthquake became great, such _as not became, from of _which mankind became on the earth, the_so _great earthquake was thus great. (REV_16:18)

OET-RV: 18 Then there was lightning and thunder and other sounds, and a terrible earthquake, such as had not happened since people had been on the earth. Such a powerful earthquake, so massive! (REV 16:18)

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

Key: N=noun NFP=nominative,feminine,plural