What is the Strong's number for Rhipto?

The Strong's number for Rhipto (ῥίπτω) is G4496. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Rhipto (Strong’s G4496): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Rhipto mean?

Rhipto (ῥίπτω, Strong's G4496) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as to fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from G906, which denotes a deliberate hurl; and from (see in G1614), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension, to disperse. The King James Bible translates it as cast (down, out), scatter abroad, throw.

Rhipto (ῥίπτω) is the Greek word numbered G4496 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from G906, which denotes a deliberate hurl; and from (see in G1614), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension, to disperse. In the King James Bible it is translated cast (down, out), scatter abroad, throw..

ῥίπτω

rhíptō · Greek

Strong’s G4496 · hrip'-to

Original wordῥίπτω
Transliterationrhíptō
Pronunciationhrip'-to
Strong’s numberG4496
LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

to fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from G906, which denotes a deliberate hurl; and from (see in G1614), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension, to disperse

Derivation. a primary verb (perhaps rather akin to the base of G4474, through the idea of sudden motion);

How the King James Bible translates it

cast (down, out), scatter abroad, throw.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Rhipto in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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