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Lexicon :: Strong's G4496 - riptō

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ῥίπτω
Transliteration
riptō (Key)
Pronunciation
hrip'-to
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary verb (perhaps rather akin to the base of ῥαπίζω (G4474), through the idea of sudden motion)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:991,987

Strong’s Definitions

ῥίπτω rhíptō, hrip'-to; a primary verb (perhaps rather akin to the base of G4474, through the idea of sudden motion); to fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from G906, which denotes a deliberate hurl; and from τείνω teínō (see in G1614), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension, to disperse:—cast (down, out), scatter abroad, throw.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G4496 in the following manner: cast down (2x), cast (2x), scatter abroad (1x), cast out (1x), throw (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G4496 in the following manner: cast down (2x), cast (2x), scatter abroad (1x), cast out (1x), throw (1x).

  1. to cast, throw

  2. throw down

  3. to cast forward or before

  4. to set down (with the suggestion of haste and want of care)

  5. to throw to the ground, prostrate

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ῥίπτω rhíptō, hrip'-to; a primary verb (perhaps rather akin to the base of G4474, through the idea of sudden motion); to fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from G906, which denotes a deliberate hurl; and from τείνω teínō (see in G1614), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension, to disperse:—cast (down, out), scatter abroad, throw.
STRONGS G4496:
ῤίπτω and ῤιπτέω (ῤιπτούντων, Acts 22:23; on the different views with regard to the difference in meaning between these two forms see Passow, under the word ῤίπτω, at the end; (Veitch, under the word ῤίπτω, at the end Hermann held that ῥίπτειν differed from ῥίπτειν as Latinjactare fromjacere, hence, the former had a frequent. force (cf. Lob. Sophocles Aj., p. 177; Cope, Aristotle, rhet. vol. i., p. 91f); some of the old grammarians associate with ῥίπτειν a suggestion of earnestness or effort, others of contempt)); 1 aorist ἔρριψα G Tr, ἔρριψα R L, ἐριψα T WH (participle (Luke 4:33) ῤῖψαν R G Tr WH, better (cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 102; Veitch, p. 512) ῤῖψαν L T); perfect passive 3 person singular ἔρριπται (G Tr; others ἔρριπται) (Luke 17:2), participle ἐρριμμενος G, ἐριμμένος T Tr WH, ῤεριμμένος (with smooth breathing) Lachmann (Matthew 9:36); on the doubling of rho and the use of the breathing; see Rho; from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for הִשְׁלִיך; to cast, throw; equivalent to to throw down: τί, Acts 27:19; τί ἐκ τίνος, ibid. 29; τινα εἰς τήν θάλασσαν, Luke 17:2. equivalent to to throw off: τά ἱμάτια (Plato, rep. 5, p. 474 a.), Acts 22:23 (they cast off their garments that they might be the better prepared to throw stones (but cf. Wendt in Meyer 5te Aufl.)); τά ὅπλα, 1 Macc. 5:43 1 Macc. 7:44 1 Macc. 11:51; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 2, 33, and often in other Greek writings equivalent to to cast forward or before: τινα (or τί) εἰς τί (Matthew 27:5 (but here R G L ἐν τῷ ναῷ)); Luke 4:35; τινας παρά τούς πόδας Ἰησοῦ, to set down (with the suggestion of haste and want of care), of those who laid their sick at the feet of Jesus, leaving them at his disposal without a doubt but that he could heal them, Matthew 15:30. equivalent to to throw to the ground, prostrate: ἐρριμμένοι, prostrated by fatigue, hunger, etc. (R. V. scattered), Matthew 9:36 (καταλαβων ἐρριμμενους καί μεθυοντας, the enemy prostrate on the ground, Polybius 5, 48, 2; of the slain, Jeremiah 14:16; ἐρριμμένα σώματα, 1 Macc. 11:4; for other examples see Wahl, Claris Apocr. V. T., under the word; τῶν νεκρῶν ἐρριμμενων ἀπι τῆς ἀγορᾶς, Plutarch, Galb. 28, 1). (Compare: ἀπορίπτω, ἐπιρίπτω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Jeremiah
14:16
Matthew
9:36; 9:36; 15:30; 27:5
Luke
4:33; 4:35; 17:2; 17:2
Acts
22:23; 22:23; 27:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4496 matches the Greek ῥίπτω (riptō),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in 'Jer' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - As for the people to whom they prophesy—their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and war. There will be no one left to bury them. Husbands, wives, sons, and daughters—all will be gone. For I will pour out their own wickedness on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:19 - He will be buried like a dead donkey—
dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:23 - They took him prisoner and brought him back to King Jehoiakim. The king then killed Uriah with a sword and had him buried in an unmarked grave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:23 - Each time Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, the king took a knife and cut off that section of the scroll. He then threw it into the fire, section by section, until the whole scroll was burned up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30 - Now this is what the LORD says about King Jehoiakim of Judah: He will have no heirs to sit on the throne of David. His dead body will be thrown out to lie unburied—exposed to the heat of the day and the frost of the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - So the officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into an empty cistern in the prison yard. It belonged to Malkijah, a member of the royal family. There was no water in the cistern, but there was a thick layer of mud at the bottom, and Jeremiah sank down into it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to a room in the palace beneath the treasury, where he found some old rags and discarded clothing. He carried these to the cistern and lowered them to Jeremiah on a rope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:26 - If this happens, just tell them you begged me not to send you back to Jonathan’s dungeon, for fear you would die there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - The cistern where Ishmael dumped the bodies of the men he murdered was the large one dug by King Asa when he fortified Mizpah to protect himself against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with corpses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:30 - Her young men will fall in the streets and die.
Her soldiers will all be killed,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:63 - When you have finished reading the scroll, tie it to a stone and throw it into the Euphrates River.
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