ῥάπισμαrhápisma
a slap
Greek (New Testament) · G4475
Meanings
1. a blow with a rod or a staff or a scourge, (Antiph. in Athen. 14 p. 623 b.; Anthol., Lcian., al.). 2. a blow with the flat of the hand, a slap in the face, box on the ear: βάλλειν τινὰ ῥαπίσμασιν (see βάλλω, 1), Mk. xiv. 65; διδόναι τινὶ ῥαπίσματα, Jn. xviii. 22; Jn. xix. 3, [but in all three pass. R. V. mrg. recognizes sense 1 (see reff. s. v. ῥαπίζω)].*
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Mark 14:65 Then some of them began to spit at him, and they blindfolded him and beat him with their fists. “Prophesy to us,” they jeered. And the guards slapped him as they took him away.
- John 18:22 Then one of the Temple guards standing nearby slapped Jesus across the face. “Is that the way to answer the high priest?” he demanded.
- John 19:3 “Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face.
Source: J. H. Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain.