To punish
κολάζωStrong’s G2849kolazō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kolazō is the Greek word usually translated “may punish” and “being punished”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:”
Meaning
Usually translated “may punish” and “being punished”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they may punish 1
- being punished 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- 2 Peter 1
2 books in all.
Greek dictionary
κολάζω kolazō · to punish
κολάζω (κόλος, docked), [in LXX: Dan.6:12 (13) (no Heb.), I Est.8:24, Wis.3:4 (and freq.), 1Ma.7:7, al. ;] 1. to curtail, dock, prune. 2. to check, restrain. 3. to chastise, correct, punish: pass., 2Pe.2:9; mid., cause to be punished (3Ma.7:3): Act.4:21.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “punish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PUN'ISH, verb transitive
[Latin punio, from the root of poena, pain. The primary sense is to press or strain.]
- To pain; to afflict with pain, loss or calamity for a crime or fault; primarily, to afflict with bodily pain, as to punish a thief with pillory or stripes; but the word is applied also to affliction by loss of property, by transportation, banishment, seclusion from society, etc.
- To chastise; as, a father punishes his child for disobedience.
- To regard with pain or suffering inflicted on the offender; applied to the crime; as, to punish murder or theft.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.