Word

ῥίπτω

rhíptō · G4496 · Greek · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

to throw, to hurl

To throw with considerable force

Examples
Matthew 27:5 And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and left; and he went away and hanged himself.
Luke 17:2 “It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to sin.
Acts 27:19 and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
to put down, to place down

To put or place something down, with the possible implication of rapidity of action

Examples
Matthew 15:30 And large crowds came to Him bringing with them those who were limping, had impaired limbs, were blind, or were unable to speak, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them.
Luke 4:35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, it came out of him without doing him any harm.
to be dejected, to be discouraged

(A figurative extension of meaning of ῥίπτω ‘to throw,’) To be or to become dejected, with a possible implication of loss of hope

Examples
Matthew 9:36 Seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

7 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated (participle) 4
Not stated: they 2
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

6 occurrences in 5 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
ἱμάτιονclothing 1
ἄγκυραanchor 1
σκευήthings 1
ἀργύριονsilver, money 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 5 groups

εἰςto+ θάλασσαsea, lake 1
εἰςto+ μέσοςin the midst, among 1
εἰςto+ ναόςtemple, sanctuary 1
ἐκfrom+ πρύμναstern 1
παράfrom, with, beside+ πούςfoot 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

שָׁלַךְ shâlak · H7993 · to cast, to throw, to hurl: Hebrew שָׁלַךְ (shâlak, H7993) is the standard broad-spectrum verb for casting/throwing in the Hebrew Bible, encompassing deliberate hurls, quick tosses, and discarding actions, whereas Greek ῥίπτω (rhíptō, G4496) specifically denotes a quick, forceful toss (distinguishing it from βάλλω's deliberate hurl and ἱημι's extended projection), making שָׁלַךְ (shâlak, H7993) a legitimate cross-linguistic equivalent that captures the throwing action ῥίπτω renders in LXX contexts.
רָמָה râmâh · H7411 · to throw, to hurl, to cast: Hebrew רָמָה (râmâh, H7411) serves as a cross-linguistic equivalent to Greek ῥίπτω (rhíptō, G4496) in contexts of forceful throwing or casting, though the Hebrew root carries additional semantic range into deception/betrayal that the Greek term does not share.

Semantic domains 3 entries

To throw, to hurl15.217: The verb's basic sense is a deliberate, forceful throw. Judas, remorseful, “threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary” (Matthew 27:5); the same verb also describes crew members casting the ship's tackle overboard, “on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands” (Acts 27:19).
To be dejected, to be discouraged25.294: The same verb, used figuratively of people rather than objects, pictures a crowd as though flung down and left helpless. Seeing the crowds, Jesus felt compassion for them, “because they were distressed and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd” (Matthew 9:36).
To put down, to place down85.37: The verb can also describe simply setting something down in a particular spot. Large crowds brought the sick to Jesus, “and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them” (Matthew 15:30).

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ῥίπτωrhíptō · G4496ἐπιῤῥίπτω epirrhíptō · G1977 · to throw on, to hurl on, to put responsibility on · 2×ἀποῤῥίπτω aporrhíptō · G641 · to jump off, to leap overboard · 1×ῥιπή rhipḗ · G4493 · blinking · 1×ῥιπίζω rhipízō · G4494 · to be tossed about · 1×ῥιπτέω rhiptéō · G4495 · to toss up · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon and ῤιπτέω (ῤιπτούντων, Acts 22:23; on the different views with regard to the difference…

and ῤιπτέω (ῤιπτούντων, Acts 22:23; on the different views with regard to the difference in meaning between these two forms see Passow, under the word ῤίπτω, at the end; (Veitch, under the word ῤίπτω, at the end Hermann held that ῥίπτειν differed from ῥίπτειν as Latinjactare fromjacere, hence, the former had a frequent. force (cf. Lob. Sophocles Aj., p. 177; Cope, Aristotle, rhet. vol. i., p. 91f); some of the old grammarians associate with ῥίπτειν a suggestion of earnestness or effort, others of contempt)); 1 aorist ἔρριψα G Tr, ἔρριψα R L, ἐριψα T WH (participle (Lk 4:33) ῤῖψαν R G Tr WH, better (cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 102; Veitch, p. 512) ῤῖψαν L T); perfect passive 3 person singular ἔρριπται (G Tr; others ἔρριπται) (Lk 17:2), participle ἐρριμμενος G, ἐριμμένος T Tr WH, ῤεριμμένος (with smooth breathing) Lachmann (Mt 9:36); on the doubling of rho and the use of the breathing; see Rho; from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for הִשְׁלִיך; to cast, throw; equivalent to to throw down: τί, Acts 27:19; τί ἐκ τίνος, ibid. 29; τινα εἰς τήν θάλασσαν, Lk 17:2. equivalent to to throw off: τά ἱμάτια (Plato, rep. 5, p. 474 a.), Acts 22:23 (they cast off their garments that they might be the better prepared to throw stones (but cf. Wendt in Meyer 5te Aufl.)); τά ὅπλα, 1 Macc. 5:43 1 Macc. 7:44 1 Macc. 11:51; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 2, 33, and often in other Greek writings equivalent to to cast forward or before: τινα (or τί) εἰς τί (Mt 27:5 (but here R G L ἐν τῷ ναῷ)); Lk 4:35; τινας παρά τούς πόδας Ἰησοῦ, to set down (with the suggestion of haste and want of care), of those who laid their sick at the feet of Jesus, leaving them at his disposal without a doubt but that he could heal them, Mt 15:30. equivalent to to throw to the ground, prostrate: ἐρριμμένοι, prostrated by fatigue, hunger, etc. (R. V. scattered), Mt 9:36 (καταλαβων ἐρριμμενους καί μεθυοντας, the enemy prostrate on the ground, Polybius 5, 48, 2; of the slain, Jer 14:16; ἐρριμμένα σώματα, 1 Macc. 11:4; for other examples see Wahl, Claris Apocr. V. T., under the word; τῶν νεκρῶν ἐρριμμενων ἀπι τῆς ἀγορᾶς, Plutarch, Galb. 28, 1). (Compare: ἀπορίπτω, ἐπιρίπτω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Throw, Hurl4 occurrences Non-Linear Movement0 occurrences Discouragement1 occurrence Put, Place2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0