John 18:22:10John.18.22.W10TAB
ῥάπισμα
rhapisma
“a slap”
- Transliteration
- RHA-pis-ma
- Extended
- HRAH-pees-mah
- IPA
- /ˈrʰa.pis.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- a slap
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RHA-pis-ma
- clause
TAU-ta DE au-TOU ei-PON-tos HEIS pa-re-stÊ-KÔS tôn hy-pê-re-TÔN E-dÔ-ken RHA-pis-ma TÔI ee-ay-SOO ei-PÔN
- sentence
TAU-ta DE au-TOU ei-PON-tos HEIS pa-re-stÊ-KÔS tôn hy-pê-re-TÔN E-dÔ-ken RHA-pis-ma TÔI ee-ay-SOO ei-PÔN HOU-tôs a-po-KRÊ-nêi TÔI ar-khi-e-REI
Exegesis
The narrative core is carried by edōken rhapisma {ἔδωκεν ῥάπισμα | é-dō-ken rhá-pis-ma} ‘gave a slap,’ with the dative tō Iēsou {τῷ Ἰησοῦ | tō Iē-soû} marking the target of the violence.
Root and etymology
rhapizōrho alpha pi iota zeta omega
“to slap, strike”
In context — John 18:22
Once Jesus had said these things, one of the officers standing nearby dealt Him a slap, saying, “Is that the proper way to answer the high priest ?”
About this coordinate
John 18:22:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of John 18:22, so the Greek word ῥάπισμα (rhapisma) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.18.22.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (John.18.22.W10.S1) and character.