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Strong's #4475: rhapisma (pronounced hrap'-is-mah)

from 4474; a slap:--(+ strike with the) palm of the hand, smite with the hand.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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rhapisma

1) a blow with a rod or staff or a scourge

2) a blow with the flat of the hand, a slap in the face, box the ear

Part of Speech: noun neuter

Relation: from G4474




Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

Mark 14:65: "servants did strike him with the palms of their hands."
John 18:22: "of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest"
John 19:3: "of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands."









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