Lexical Definition

‎ῥιπή‎ rhipḗ (hree-pay') twinkling ^G:N-F
from ‎ῥίπτω‎

twinkling.

• a jerk (of the eye, i.e. (by analogy) an instant)

Abbott-Smith

* ῥιπή, ῆς, ἡ (< ῥίπτω),
poët. in cl., any rapid movement such as the throw or flight of a javelin, the rush of wind or flame, the flapping of wings, the twinkling of lights; ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ, the twinkling of an eye: I Co 15:52 (L, mg., ῥοπή, q.v.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ῥιπή-ή, ἡ,

(ῥίπτω) poet. Noun, swing or force with which anything is thrown, ὅσση δ᾽ αἰγανέης ῥιπὴ.. τέτυκται as far as is the flight of a javelin, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέτριναι ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βελέων ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς.. Βορέαο the sweep or rush of the N. wind, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry, here metaphorically of gusts of passion, compare [Refs]; ῥ. Διόθεν τεύχουσα φόβον storm, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ῥ. πυρός rush of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεραυνῶν, χαλάζης, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὑπὸ ῥιπῇς Ἀφροδίτης, of love, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; νυχιᾶν (ἐννυχιᾶν Lachm.) ἀπὸ ῥιπᾶν from the night storms, i.e. from the “North”, the land of darkness and storms, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 πτερύγων ῥιπαί flapping of wings, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; buzz of a gnat's wing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the lyre's quivering notes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 quivering, twinkling light, ῥιπαὶ ἄστρων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3.b of any rapid movement, ῥ. ποδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥ. ὠκυάλῳ, of a dolphin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a bird's wing, οὐδὲ τινάσσει ῥιπήν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐν ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ the twinkling of an eye, [NT]
__4 a strong smell, ῥ. οἴνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]