Strong G3147μαστίζω

to whip

Transliteration
mastizō
Pronunciation
mas-tid'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G3149; to whip (literally): - scourge.

Detailed definition

μαστίζω
(Ep. and late prose = Att.. μαστιγόω) [in LXX: Num.22:25 (נָכָה hi.), Wis.5:11, 2Ma.2:21 *;]
to whip, scourge: with accusative, Act.22:25.†
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In the Bible

Strong G3147 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • scourge1

First verses

  1. Acts 22:25
    And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μαστ-ίζω,
[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 2.645)], Doric dialect μαστ-ίσδω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.108)]: Epic dialect aorist μάστιξα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.768:)] —passive, aorist ἐμαστίχθην variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114)]; participle μαστιχθείς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.348 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor))]: (μάστιξ):—whip, flog, μάστιξεν δ᾽ ἵππους Il.[same place], etc.; τυ.. ὑπὸ.. ὤμους μαστίσδοιεν (see. above) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus [same place]: with)]infinitive, μάστιξεν δ᾽ ἐλάαν whipped them on or forward, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.366, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.82, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἵνα.. σε πολλοὶ μαστίξωσι λόγοις “epigram Gr.” 303.5 (from Smyrna).)]
2 stimulate the bowels, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (7th c.AD: Stephanus Medicus “in Hp.” 2.311 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator:)] — passive [Refs 4th c.BC+ (, [prev. work]312 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]—Epic dialect word, used twice in Comedy texts, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 72, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 133.5, also in LXX.Num. 22.25, LXX.Wis.5.11 (_passive_))]; and in late Prose, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 42, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 24, etc.)]; the Attic dialect form being μαστιγόω.