Rhipízō — G4494

Definition

verb

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

1. properly, to raise a breeze, put air in motion, whether for the sake of kindling a fire or of cooling oneself
1. to blow up a fire
2. to fan, i. e, cool with a fan (Tertullianflabello)
2. to toss to and fro, to agitate

Usually translated as

toss

Origin

from a derivative of G4496 (meaning a fan or bellows)

• rhíptō (G4496)

Occurrences

Rhipízō occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: James (1)

• James 1:6 — But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed (ῥιπιζομένῳ).