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)
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 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.
astrape (as-trap-ay') n. 1. lightning 2. (by analogy) glare [from G797] KJV: lightning, bright shining Root(s): G797
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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)
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.
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.
Strong's G796 (ἀστραπή) appears 24 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.
9 indexed usages in New Testament.
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.
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
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.
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.
And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, And he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; And from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.
Give unto the most High according as he hath enriched thee; And as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye.
By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, And sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
3 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.
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
of crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were
you its splendour and its extent. And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path
First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G796.
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.
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.
And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, And he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
And let the arrow pierce through his body; And let the stars be against his dwelling place: Let terrors come upon him.
And he sent forth his weapons, and scattered them; And multiplied lightnings, and routed them.
The voice of thy thunder was abroad, And around thy lightnings appeared to the world; The earth trembled and quaked.
His lightnings appeared to the world; The earth saw, and trembled.
Who brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth: He has made lightnings for the rain: He brings winds out of his treasures.
Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: Send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them.
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.
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.
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.
Praise and exalt him above all forever.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; And from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.
Give unto the most High according as he hath enriched thee; And as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye.
By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, And sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
For sun, moon, and stars, being bright, and sent to do their offices, are obedient.
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
of crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were
you its splendour and its extent. And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G796, grouped by book.
Astrape (Strong's G796) is a Greek word most simply glossed "lightning". astrape (as-trap-ay') n. 1. lightning 2. (by analogy) glare
This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G796 across 18 books.
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.
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.
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.