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Strong's G796 ἀστραπή (astrape)

Astrape means “lightning” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H796 — ashdodi (“Ashdodites”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G796
Language Greek
Linked Usages 33
Books 18

Strong's G796 Quick Answer

Strong's G796 ἀστραπή (astrape) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. astrape (as-trap-ay') n. 1. lightning 2. (by analogy) glare It has 33 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include lightning and bright. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
astrape (as-trap-ay') n. 1. lightning 2. (by analogy) glare
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
lightning and bright

Meaning and Definition

astrape (as-trap-ay') n. 1. lightning 2. (by analogy) glare [from G797] KJV: lightning, bright shining Root(s): G797

Original Word
ἀστραπή
Transliteration
astrape
Derivation
Root: ἀστράπτω R1: 797
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G796. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

lightning

Usage: ἀστραπή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for בָּרָק ;] lightning: Mat.24:27 28:3, Luk.10:18 17:24; pl., Rev.4:5 8:5 11:19 16:18; of a lamp, shining brightness, Luk.11:36.† (AS)

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How Strong's G796 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render astrape, 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.

lightning Matthew 24:27 bright Luke 11:36

How Strong's G796 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 17 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G796 (ἀστραπή) appears 24 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G796 by Corpus

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.

Strong's G796 in the New Testament

9 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 24:27 KJV

For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Matthew 28:3 KJV

His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

Luke 10:18 KJV

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

Strong's G796 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 19:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass on the third day, as the morning drew nigh, there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud on Mount Sinai: the voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.

Deuteronomy 32:41 Septuagint / Brenton

For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, And my hand shall take hold of judgment; And I will render judgment to my enemies, And will recompense them that hate me.

2 Kingdoms 22:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, And he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.

Strong's G796 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Solomon 5:21 Septuagint / Brenton

Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; And from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.

Wisdom of Sirach 32:10 Septuagint / Brenton

Give unto the most High according as he hath enriched thee; And as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye.

Wisdom of Sirach 43:13 Septuagint / Brenton

By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, And sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.

Strong's G796 in 1 Enoch

3 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 14:8 Septuagint / Brenton

written. And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in

1 Enoch 14:11 Septuagint / Brenton

of crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were

1 Enoch 14:17 Septuagint / Brenton

you its splendour and its extent. And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G796.

Exodus 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the third day, as the morning drew nigh, there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud on Mount Sinai: the voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.
Deuteronomy 32:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, And my hand shall take hold of judgment; And I will render judgment to my enemies, And will recompense them that hate me.
2 Kingdoms 22:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, And he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
Job 20:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let the arrow pierce through his body; And let the stars be against his dwelling place: Let terrors come upon him.
Psalms 17:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he sent forth his weapons, and scattered them; And multiplied lightnings, and routed them.
Psalms 76:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The voice of thy thunder was abroad, And around thy lightnings appeared to the world; The earth trembled and quaked.
Psalms 96:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His lightnings appeared to the world; The earth saw, and trembled.
Psalms 134:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth: He has made lightnings for the rain: He brings winds out of his treasures.
Psalms 143:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: Send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them.
Jeremiah 10:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Jeremiah 28:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
At his voice he makes a sound of water in the heaven, and brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth; he makes lightnings for rain, and brings light out of his treasures.
Ezekiel 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the midst of the living creatures there was an appearance as of burning coals of fire, as an appearance of lamps turning among the living creatures; and the brightness of fire, and out of the fire came forth lightning.
Daniel 3:73 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Praise and exalt him above all forever.
Daniel 10:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and his body was as Tharsis, and his face was as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his legs as the appearance of shining brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude.
Nahum 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in the ways, and the chariots shall clash together, and shall be entangled in each other in the broad ways: their appearance is as lamps of fire, and as gleaming lightnings.
Habakkuk 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: Thy darts shall go forth at the light, At the brightness of the gleaming of thine arms.
Zechariah 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall be over them, and his arrow shall go forth as lightning: and the Lord Almighty shall blow with the trumpet; and shall proceed with the tumult of his threatening.
Matthew 24:27 New Testament, KJV
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 28:3 New Testament, KJV
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
Luke 10:18 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Luke 11:36 New Testament, KJV
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
Luke 17:24 New Testament, KJV
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
Revelation 4:5 New Testament, KJV
And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Revelation 8:5 New Testament, KJV
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Revelation 11:19 New Testament, KJV
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Revelation 16:18 New Testament, KJV
And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; And from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.
Wisdom of Sirach 32:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Give unto the most High according as he hath enriched thee; And as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye.
Wisdom of Sirach 43:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, And sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:60 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For sun, moon, and stars, being bright, and sent to do their offices, are obedient.
1 Enoch 14:8 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
written. And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in
1 Enoch 14:11 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
of crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were
1 Enoch 14:17 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
you its splendour and its extent. And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G796, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
Revelation 4 usages, New Testament
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 3 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G796 FAQ

What does astrape (ἀστραπή) mean?

Astrape (Strong's G796) is a Greek word most simply glossed "lightning". astrape (as-trap-ay') n. 1. lightning 2. (by analogy) glare

How many times is astrape (ἀστραπή) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G796 across 18 books.

Where can I study astrape (ἀστραπή) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G796 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate astrape (ἀστραπή)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lightning and bright. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G796 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 17 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 3 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G796, with linked reader references where each row is available.