| Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 4475: ῤάπισμα ῤάπισμα, ῥαπισματος, τό (ῤαπίζω, which see); 1. a blow with a rod or a staff or a scourge (Antiphanes in Athen. 14, p. 623 b.; Anthol., Lucian). 2. a blow with the flat of the hand, a slap in the face, box on the car: βάλλειν τινα ῤαπίσμασιν (see  βάλλω, 1), Mark 14:65; διδόναι τίνι ῤάπισμα, John 18:22; ῤαπίσματα, John 19:3 (but in all three examples R. V. marginal reading recognizes sense 1 (see references under the word ῤαπίζω)). | 



