Strong G2008ἐπιτιμάω

to rebuke

Transliteration
epitimaō
Pronunciation
ep-ee-tee-mah'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1909 and G5091; to tax upon that is censure or admonish; by implication forbid: - (straitly) charge rebuke.

Detailed definition

ἐπι-τιμάω, -ῶ
[in LXX for גָּעַר, Gen.37:10, Psa.9:5, Zec.3:2; Sir.11:7, al.;]
1. to honour.

2. to raise in price

3. to mete out due measure;
__(a) to award;
__(b) to censure, rebuke, admonish: absol., 2Ti.4:2; with dative, Mat.8:26 17:13 19:13, Mrk.4:39 8:32 10:13, Luk.4:39, 41 8:24 9:21, 42 9:55 17:3 18:15 19:39, Ju 9; before ἵνα, Mat.12:16 16:20 20:31, Mrk.3:12 8:30 10:48, Luk.18:39; before λέγων, λέγει, etc., Mat.16:22, Mrk.1:25 8:33 9:25, Luk.4:35 23:40.†
SYN.: ἐλέγχω, q.v (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2008 appears in 29 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • rebuke24
  • charge5
  • he1

First verses

  1. Matthew 8:26
    And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
  2. Matthew 12:16
    And charged them that they should not make him known:
  3. Matthew 16:22
    Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
  4. Matthew 17:18
    And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
  5. Matthew 19:13
    Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
  6. Matthew 20:31
    And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
  7. Mark 1:25
    And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
  8. Mark 3:12
    And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
  9. Mark 4:39
    And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
  10. Mark 8:30
    And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
  11. Mark 8:32
    And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
  12. Mark 8:33
    But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
  13. Mark 9:25
    When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
  14. Mark 10:13
    And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
  15. Mark 10:48
    And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
  16. Luke 4:35
    And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
  17. Luke 4:39
    And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
  18. Luke 4:41
    And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
  19. Luke 8:24
    And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
  20. Luke 9:21
    And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιτιμ-άω,
Ionic dialect and Delph. ἐπιτιμέω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39, “Schwyzer” 346.11 (2nd c.BC))]:— lay a value upon: hence,
1 show honour to, τινά Hdt. [prev. cited]
2 raise in price, οἶνον ἐ. πολύ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 32.27: _absolutely_, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.50)]; τὴν αἴτησιν ἐ. raise the demand, [Refs (Anonymus cited in 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]:—passive, rise in price, of corn, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.39, 50.6, “PSI” 4.356.7 (3rd c.AD).)]
II of judges, lay a penalty on a person, τοῖς ἐξάρνοις ἐ. ταλάντου ἑκάστῳ variant in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.113; ἐ. ἀργύριον “Hermes” 17.4 (from Delos))]; but ἐ. τὴν ἀρχαίην δίκην make the original trial the ground of punishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.43.)]
II.2 object to one as blameable, τινί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 237c, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.17, etc.)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1455a26.)]
II.2.b with accusative of things only, censure, οὐ τοῦτ᾽ ἐπιτιμῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.148, compare 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 49)]:—passive, τὸ..ὑπὸ τῶν πολλῶν ἐπιτιμώμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.31, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1114a29.)]
II.2.c with dative only, rebuke, censure, of persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.17)]; of things, τοῖς ψηφισθεῖσιν [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.52; τοῖς πεπραγμένοις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.64; τοῖς ἀνέμοις NT.Matt.8.26; τινὶ περί τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.9.1; τινὶ ὡς.. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.7; τῷ λόγῳ, ὅτι.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169d)]:— passive, ἐπιτετιμημένος ἐπί τινι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.12.9.)]
II.2.d absolutely, λόγῳ καλῶς ἐ. by word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38, compare 4.28; τὸ μὲν ἐπιτιμᾶν..φήσαι τις ἂν ῥᾴδιον εἶναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.16, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284a27.)]