To beat
κολαφίζωStrong’s G2852kolaphizō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kolaphizō is the Greek word usually translated “struck”, “strike” and “are buffeted”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,”
Meaning
Usually translated “struck”, “strike” and “are buffeted”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- struck 1
- to strike 1
- are buffeted 1
- he may buffet 1
- being struck 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 1 Peter 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 14:65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
- 1 Corinthians 4:11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
- 2 Corinthians 12:7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
- 1 Peter 2:20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Greek dictionary
κολαφίζω kolaphizō · to beat
κολαφίζω (κόλαφος = Att.., κόνδυλοι, the knuckles, the closed fist) to strike with the fist, to buffet: Mat.26:67, Mrk.14:65, 2Co.12:7; pass., 1Co.4:11, 1Pe.2:20.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “beat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BEAT, verb transitive
preterit tense beat; participle passive beat beaten. [Latin batuo. See Abate.]
- To strike repeatedly; to lay on repeated blows, with a stick, with the hand or fist, or with any instrument, and for any cause, just or unjust, or for punishment. Luke 12:45Deuteronomy 25:3
- To strike an instrument of music; to play on, as a drum.
- To break, bruise, comminute, or pulverize by beating or pounding, as pepper or spices. Exodus 30:36
- To extend by beating, as gold or other malleable substance; or to hammer into any form; to forge. Exodus 39:3
All definitions and other forms of “beat”
- To strike bushes, to shake by beating, or to make a noise to rouse game.
- To thresh; to force out corn from the husk by blows.
- To break, mix or agitate by beating; as, to beat an egg with any other thing.
- To dash or strike, as water; to strike or brush, as wind.
- To tread, as a path.
- To overcome in a battle, contest or strife; to vanquish or conquer; as, one beats another at play.
- To harass; to exercise severely; to overlabor; as, to beat the brains about logic.
BEAT, verb intransitive
To more with pulsation, as the pulse beats; or to throb, as the heart beats.
- To dash with force, as a storm, flood, passion, etc.; as, the tempest beats against the house.
- To knock at a door. Judges 19:22
- To fluctuate; to be in agitation.
BEAT, noun
A stroke; a striking; a blow, whether with the hand, or with a weapon.
- A pulsation; as the beat of the pulse.
- The rise or fall of the hand or foot, in regulating the divisions of time in music.
- A transient grace-note in music, struck immediately before the note it is intended to ornament.
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.