Punishment
κόλασιςStrong’s G2851kolasis
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kolasis is the Greek word usually translated “punishment”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.”
Meaning
Usually translated “punishment”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- punishment 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- 1 John 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
κόλασις kolasis · punishment
κόλασις, -εως, ἡ (κολάζω), [in LXX: Eze.14:3-7 18:30 44:12, (מִכְשׁוֹל) Eze.43:11, λαμβάνειν τὴν κ. (כָּלַם ni.); Wis.11:13 16:2, 24 19:4, Jer.18:20, 2-4 Mac.5 * ;] correction, penalty, punishment: Mat.25:46, 1Jn.4:18.† SYN.: τιμωρία, requital. Arist. distinguishes between κ . as that which, being disciplinary, has reference to the sufferer, and τ. as that which, being penal, has reference to the satisfaction of him who inflicts (see Thayer, see word κ., and cf. Tr., Syn., § vii). But in late Gk. especially, the distinction is not always maintained (see reff. in Thayer) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “punishment” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PUN'ISHMENT, noun
Any pain or suffering inflicted on a person for a crime or offense, by the authority to which the offender is subject, either by the constitution of God or of civil society. The punishment of the faults and offenses of children by the parent, is by virtue of the right of government with which the parent is invested by God himself. This species of punishment is chastisement or correction. The punishment of crimes against the laws is inflicted by the supreme power of the state in virtue of the right of government, vested in the prince or legislature. The right of punishment belongs only to persons clothed with authority. Pain, loss or evil willfully inflicted on another for his crimes or offenses by a private unauthorized person, is revenge rather than punishment
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.