Twinkling

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Ῥιπή (Strong'S #4493 — Noun Feminine — rhipe — hree-pay' )

akin to rhipto, "to hurl," was used of any rapid movement, e.g., the throw of a javelin, the rush of wind or flame; in  1—Corinthians 15:52 of the "twinkling" of an eye.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twinkle

(2): ( n.) The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.

(3): ( n.) A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.

(4): ( n.) The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.

King James Dictionary

TWIN'KLING, n. A sparkling a shining with intermitted light as the twinkling of the stars.

1. A motion of the eye. 2. A moment an instant the time of a wink.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump--the dead shall be raised incorruptible.  1 Corinthians 15

TWIN'KLING, ppr. Sparkling.