Quick Definition
I toss to and fro
Strong's Definition
to breeze up, i.e. (by analogy) to agitate (into waves)
Derivation: from a derivative of G4496 (ῥίπτω) (meaning a fan or bellows);
KJV Usage: toss
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῤιπίζω: present passive participle ῥιπιζόμενος; (from ῤιπίς a bellows or fan); hence,
1. properly, to raise a breeze, put air in motion, whether for the sake of kindling a fire or of cooling oneself; hence,
a. to blow up a fire: φλόγα, πῦρ, Anthol. 5, 122, 6; Plutarch, Flam. 21.
b. to fan, i. e, cool with a fan (Tertullianflabello): Plutarch, Anton. 26.
2. to toss to and fro, to agitate: of the wind, πρός ἀνέμων ῥιπίζεται τό ὕδωρ, Philo de incorrupt. mundi § 24; ῥιπιζομενη ἄχνη, Dio Cassius, 70, 4; δῆμος ἀστατον, κακόν καί θαλάσσῃ πανθ' ὅμοιον, ὑπ' ἀνέμου ῥιπίζεται, Dio Chr. 32, p. 368 b.; hence, joined with ἀνεμίζεσθαι it is used of a person whose mind wavers in uncertainty between hope and fear, between doing and not doing a thing, Jas_1:6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥιπίζω rhipizō 1x
to fan, blow, ventilate; to toss, agitate, e.g. the ocean by the wind, Jas_1:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ῥιπίζω
( <ῥιπίς , a fan ),
[in LXX : Da LXX Dan_2:35 ( H5376 ) * ;]
primarily, to fan a fire, hence generally, to make a breeze ( Plut ., al. ). In pass . ( cf. Philo , de inter. round., 24), to be tossed or blown by the wind: of waves, ἀνεμιζομένῳ καὶ ῥιπιζομένῳ , blown and raised with the wind ( Hort , in l ), Jas_1:6 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥιπίζω [page 564]
To Hort s exx. ad Jas_1:6 of this word to denote the surface of the water blown upon by shifting breezes, rather than billows lashed by a storm, we may add Aristeas 70 where the workmanship bestowed on certain ornamental leaves is described as so life-like that if a breath of wind blew upon them ῥιπίζοντος τοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἀέρα πνεύματος the leaves stirred in their places. It should be noted that the verb is derived not from ῥιπή , a rushing motion (ῥίπτω ), but from ῥιπίς , a fire-fan.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ῥιπίζω ῥι_πίζω, [Etym: ῥιπίς] "to fan" the flame, Lat. conflare, Ar. :—Pass. "to be blown about", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ῥιπίζω
(ῥιπίς, a fan) [in LXX: Dan LXX 2:35 (נְשָׂא) * ;]
primarily, to fan a fire, hence generally, to make a breeze (Plut., al.). In pass. (cf. Philo, de inter. round., 24), to be tossed or blown by the wind: of waves, ἀνεμιζομένῳ καὶ ῥιπιζομένῳ, blown and raised with the wind (Hort, in l), Jas.1:6.†
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