- Original: ῥάπισμα - Transliteration: Rhapisma - Phonetic: hrap'-is-mah - Definition: 1. a blow with a rod or staff or a scourge 2. a blow with the flat of the hand, a slap in the face, box the ear - Origin: from G4474 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: From G4474 ; a slap: - (+ strike with the) palm of the hand smite with the hand. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • hand, 1 Joh 18:22 • hands, 2 Mar 14:65; Joh 19:3