Greek

To punish

τιμωρέωStrong’s G5097

timōreō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Timōreō is the Greek word usually translated “may be punished” and “punishing”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.”

Acts 22:5 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “may be punished” and “punishing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

they may be punished 1
punishing 1

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

Where it's used most

Acts 2

1 book in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Acts 26:11And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

Greek dictionary

τιμωρέω timōreō · to punish

τιμωρέω, -ῶ (τιμή + οὖρος, a guardian) [in LXX: Eze.5:17 14:15 (שָׁכֹל pi), Wis.12:20 18:8, al. ;] 1. to help. 2. to avenge; mid., to avenge oneself on, punish (Hdt., Eur., al): act, in this sense, Act.22:5 26:11 (see MM, xxiv).† (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.