- Transliteration: Rhipizo

- Phonetic: hrip-id'-zo

- Definition:

1. to raise a breeze, put air in motion, whether for the sake of kindling a fire or cooling one's self

a. to blow up a fire

b. to fan, i.e. cool with a fan

2. to toss to and fro, to agitate

a. of the wind

b. of persons whose mind wavers in uncertainty between hope and fear, between doing and not doing a thing

- Origin: from a derivative of G4496" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4496 (meaning a fan or bellows)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From a derivative of G4496" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4496 (meaning a fan or bellows); to breeze up that is (by analogy) to agitate (into waves): - toss.