περιαστράπτω G4015
to flash around, to shine brilliantly around someone or something, dazzling with sudden radiant light
This verb captures the dramatic moment when light bursts around a person or place with overwhelming brightness. Both NT occurrences describe Paul's Damascus road encounter—a light from heaven that literally flashed around him (Acts 9:3, 22:6). The Greek conveys not just illumination but a surrounding, enveloping radiance that leaves the viewer dazzled or overwhelmed. Ancient usage included being dazzled by beauty; here the divine glory arrests and transforms.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Used exclusively in Luke's account of Paul's conversion to describe the supernatural light from heaven that suddenly surrounded and blinded Saul on the Damascus road. The multilingual evidence (Spanish 'resplandeció alrededor', French 'entourer de lumière') captures the encircling, all-encompassing nature of this divine manifestation. This is not mere shining but an overwhelming radiance that physically affects the witness. 2×
AR["أَبْرَقَ", "أَضَاءَ-حَوْلَهُ"]·ben["ঘিরে-ফেলল", "চারদিকে-আলোকিত-হল"]·DE["περιήστραψεν", "περιαστράψαι"]·EN["flashed-around", "to-flash-around"]·FR["entourer-de-lumière"]·heb["הֵאִיר", "הֵקִיף"]·HI["चमका"]·ID["bersinar", "menyinari"]·IT["risplendere-intorno"]·jav["kacahyan", "nyunar"]·KO["비쳤다", "비취었다"]·PT["resplandeceu-ao-redor"]·RU["осиял"]·ES["resplandeció", "resplandeció-alrededor"]·SW["ilimuangazia", "kuangaza"]·TR["parlaması", "çevreledi"]·urd["چمکی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
περιαστράπτω, flash around, φῶς π. τινά NT+4th c.AD+ __2 dazzle, ὁ ἀνὴρ περιαστράπτεται ὑπὸ κάλλους is dazzled with beauty, Refs 2nd c.AD+