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To whip

μαστίζωStrong’s G3147

mastizō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Mastizō is the Greek word usually translated “flog”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“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?”
Acts 22:25 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “flog”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • to flog 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    μαστίζω mastizō · to whip

    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.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “whip” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    WHIP, verb transitive

    [Latin, a sweeping throw or thrust.]

    1. To strike with a lash or sweeping cord; as, to whip a horse.
    2. To sew slightly.
    3. To drive with lashes; as, to whip a top.
    4. To punish with the whip; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy.
    All definitions and other forms of “whip”
    1. To lash with sarcasm.
    2. To strike; to thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat. [Not in use int he United States.]

    WHIP, verb intransitive

    To move nimbly; to start suddenly and run; or to turn and run; as, the boy whipped away in an instant; he whipped round the corner; he whipped into the house, and was out of wight in a moment.

      WHIP, noun

      1. An instrument for driving horses or other teams, or for correction, consisting of a lash tied to a handle or rod.
      2. In ships, a small tackle, used to hoist light bodies.

      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.