# G796 ἀστραπή

ἀστραπή (astrapḗ), Strong’s G796: lightning; by analogy, glare KJV: lightning, bright shining. Occurs 29 times.

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*astrapḗ* — lightning; by analogy, glare

KJV: lightning, bright shining

Derived from [ἀστράπτω astráptō](https://besorah.bible/word/G797) (to flash as lightning)

Occurs 29 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 24:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/24?v=27) — For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
- [Matthew 28:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/28?v=3) — His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.
- [Luke 10:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/10?v=18) — He said to them, “I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.
- [Luke 11:36](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/11?v=36) — If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp…
- [Luke 17:24](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/17?v=24) — for as the lightning, when it flashes out of one part under the sky, shines to another part under the sky, so will the…
- [Revelation 4:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/4?v=5) — Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne…
- [Revelation 8:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/8?v=5) — The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, then threw it on the earth. Thunders, sounds…
- [Revelation 11:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/11?v=19) — God’s temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings…
- [Revelation 16:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/16?v=18) — There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake such as has not happened since there were…
- [Wisdom of Solomon 5:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/5?v=21) — Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim. They will leap to the mark from the clouds, as from a well-drawn bow.