Quick Definition
ἀστραπή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a flash of lightning, brightness, luster
Strong's Definition
lightning; by analogy, glare
Derivation: from G797 (ἀστράπτω);
KJV Usage: lightning, bright shining
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | ἀστράπτω
14.16 · Physical Events and States · Thunder and Lightning
lightning the flash of lightning Terms referring to thunder and lightning often have important taboo connotations. The specific terms for thunder and lightning may be avoided and figurative expressions employed in their place in order to avoid danger which might occur from being struck by lightning or frightened by a thunderstorm. One can, therefore, expect in some languages a number of different terms, and it is important to avoid expressions which might have wrong connotations.
MAT 24:27 · MAT 28:3 · LUK 10:18 · LUK 17:24 · REV 4:5 · REV 8:5 · REV 11:19 · REV 16:18
14.46 · Physical Events and States · Light
bright beam shafts or beams of light radiating from a source It is often better to render ἀστραπή[b] as a type of qualifying adverb, for example, brightly.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀστραπή, -ῆς, ἡ, lightning: Lk. x. 18; xvii. 24; Mt. xxiv. 27; xxviii. 3; plur., Rev. iv.5; viii. 5; xi. 19; xvi.18; of the gleam of a lamp, Lk. xi. 36 [so Aeschy]l. frag. (fr. schol. on Soph. Oed. Col. 1047) 188 Ahrens, 372 Dind.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀστραπή astrapē 9x
lightning, Mt. 24:27; brightness, lustre, Lk. 11:36
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀστραπή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX for בָּרָק;]
lightning: Mt 24:27 28:3, Lk 10:18 17:24; pl., Re 4:5 8:5 11:19 16:18; of a lamp, shining brightness, Lk 11:36.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀστραπή. We can only cite the magical P Lond 121785 (1|.Ὰ.}.) (=I. p. 109). It is MGr.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀστραπή (astrapē) — lightning. ἀστρᾰπ-ή, ἡ, ={ἀστεροπή},{στεροπή},fiash of lightning, lightning, βροντὴ καὶ ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; personified, as subject of painting, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: frequently in plural, lightnings, τὰς ἀ. τε καὶ κεραυνίους βολάς[Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. light of a lamp, [NT+4th c.BC+]
3. metaphorically, ἀστραπήν τιν᾽ ὀμμάτων flashing of the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκτυφλοῦν τιν᾽ ἀστραπὴ [εἰμί] [Refs 4th c.BC+]