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Lightning

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀστραπή

(Strong's #796 — Noun Feminine — astrape — as-trap-ay' )

denotes (a) "lightning" (akin to LIGHT, B, No. 7), Matthew 24:27; 28:3; Luke 10:18; 17:24; in the plural, Revelation 4:5; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18; (b) "bright shining," or "shining brightness," Luke 11:36 . See SHINING.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Lightning'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​l/lightning.html. 1940.
 
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