mastix (whip) · Rightly

Meaning

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

How it's translated

affliction 2
diseases 1
afflictions 1
by flogging 1
of scourgings 1

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

Where it's used most

Mark 3
Luke 1
Acts 1
Hebrews 1

4 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Mark 5:29And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
Mark 5:34And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Luke 7:21And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
Acts 22:24The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
Hebrews 11:36And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

Greek dictionary

μάστιξ mastix · whip

μάστιξ, -ιγος, ἡ [in LXX for שׁוֹט, etc. ;] a whip, scourge: Act.22:24, Heb.11:36; metaphorically, of disease or suffering as a divine chastisement (cf. Psa.89:33, Pro.3:12, 2Ma.9:11), Mrk.3:10 5:29, 34, Luk.7:21 (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.]

To strike with a lash or sweeping cord; as, to whip a horse.
To sew slightly.
To drive with lashes; as, to whip a top.
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”

To lash with sarcasm.
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

An instrument for driving horses or other teams, or for correction, consisting of a lash tied to a handle or rod.
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.