rhipe denotes the instantaneous interval described in the phrase “in the twinkling of an eye.”

The attested use describes an instantaneous interval: in 1 Corinthians 15:52, the dative singular form occurs in the phrase “in the twinkling of an eye,” alongside the last trumpet, resurrection of the dead, and change.

1. An instantaneous interval · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 15:52, the dative singular feminine form occurs in the phrase “in the twinkling of an eye,” specifying the immediacy of the change described at the last trumpet. The APB renders the clause “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye.”

   1 Corinthians 15:52

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Corinthians 15:52, the APB presents the phrase as “in the twinkling of an eye.” Its exact English contribution cannot be isolated beyond the phrase's depiction of immediacy.