Rhapizo means “slap” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4474 — mimshal (“dominion”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4474 ῥαπίζω (rhapizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. rhapizo (rhap-id'-zo) v. 1. to slap [from a derivative of a primary rhepo "to let fall, to rap"] It has 5 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include smite and palms. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
rhapizo (rhap-id'-zo) v. 1. to slap [from a derivative of a primary rhepo "to let fall, to rap"] KJV: smite (with the palm of the hand) Compare: G5180
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4474. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to slap
Usage: ῥαπίζω (ῥαπίς, a rod), [in LXX: Jdg.16:25, Heb.11:4, I Est.4:11 * ;] __1. prop., to strike with a rod. __2. In late writers, to strike (the face) with the palm of the hand: Mat.26:67; with accusative of person(s), before εἰς τ. σιαγόνα, Mat.5:39 (cf. Field, Notes, 40, 105).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render rhapizo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4474 (ῥαπίζω) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Samson out of the prison house, and let him play before us: and they called Samson out of the prison house, and he played before them; and they smote him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars.
When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I will be to them as a man smiting another on his cheek: and I will have respect to him, I will prevail with him.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
and taking the crown from the king’s head, and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4474.
And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Samson out of the prison house, and let him play before us: and they called Samson out of the prison house, and he played before them; and they smote him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars.
When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I will be to them as a man smiting another on his cheek: and I will have respect to him, I will prevail with him.
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
and taking the crown from the king’s head, and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4474, grouped by book.
Rhapizo (Strong's G4474) is a Greek word most simply glossed "slap". rhapizo (rhap-id'-zo) v. 1. to slap [from a derivative of a primary rhepo "to let fall, to rap"]
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's G4474 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4474 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as smite and palms. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4474, with linked reader references where each row is available.