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Twinkling

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ῥιπή

(Strong's #4493 — Noun Feminine — rhipe — hree-pay' )

akin to rhipto, "to hurl," was used of any rapid movement, e.g., the throw of a javelin, the rush of wind or flame; in 1 Corinthians 15:52 of the "twinkling" of an eye.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Twinkling'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​t/twinkling.html. 1940.
 
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