Strong's Number G4494

ῥιπίζω

rhipizo · hrip-id'-zo

Transliteration:

rhipizo{hrip-id'-zo}

Word Origin:

from a derivative of 4496 (meaning a fan or bellows)

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to breeze up, i.e. (by analogy) to agitate (into waves)

Usage in the KJV:

toss 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to raise a breeze, put air in motion, whether for the sake of kindling a fire or cooling one's self
1. to blow up a fire
2. to fan, i.e. cool with a fan
to toss to and fro, to agitate
1. of the wind
2. of persons whose mind wavers in uncertainty between hope and fear, between doing and not doing a thing