tuptō (to strike)

Meaning

Usually translated “beat”, “were striking” and “beating”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

to beat 2
they were striking 2
beating 2
to strike 2
were striking 1
striking 1
was striking 1
they were beating 1

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

Where it's used most

Luke 5
Acts 4
Matthew 2
Mark 1
1 Corinthians 1

5 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Matthew 27:30And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
Mark 15:19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
Luke 6:29And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
Luke 12:45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
Luke 18:13And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Luke 22:64And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

All 13 verses, by book

Matthew 2: 24:49 27:30
Mark 1: 15:19
Luke 5: 6:29 12:45 18:13 22:64 23:48
Acts 4: 18:17 21:32 23:2 23:3
1 Corinthians 1: 8:12

Greek dictionary

τύπτω tuptō · to strike

τύπτω [in LXX chiefly for hi. ;] to strike, smite, beat: with accusative, Mat.24:49, Mrk.15:19, Luk.12:45, Act.18:17 21:32 23:2-3; of mourners, τὰ στήθη, Luk.18:13 23:48; ἐπὶ τ. σιαγόνα, Luk.6:29; εἰς τ. κεφαλήν, Mat.27:30. Metaphorical, of God inflicting evil: Act.23:3 (cf. Exo.8:2, Eze.7:9, al.); of disquieting conscience, 1Co.8:12.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

STRIKE, verb transitive

preterit tense struck; participle passive struck and stricken; but struck is in the most common use. Strook is wholly obsolete. [G., to pass, move or ramble, to depart, to touch, to stroke, to glide or glance over, to lower or strike as sails, to curry; Latin, to sweep together, to spread, as a plaster, to play on a violin, to card, as wool, to strike or whip, as with a rod; a stroke, stripe or lash.]

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or an instrument; to give a blow to, either with the open hand, the fist, a stick, club or whip, or with a pointed instrument, or with a ball or an arrow discharged.
To dash; to throw with a quick motion.“They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side-posts” Exodus 12:7
To stamp; to impress; to coin; as, to strike coin at the mint; to strike dollars or sovereigns; also, to print; as, to strike five hundred copies of a book.
To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; as, a tree strikes its root deep.

All definitions and other forms of “strike”

To punish; to afflict; as smite is also used.“To punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity” Proverbs 17:26
To cause to sound; to notify by sound; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
To run upon; to be stranded.
To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
To lower a flag or colors in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of the ship to an enemy.
To break forth; as, to strike into reputation. [Not in use.]

STRIKE, noun

An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt and the like, for scraping off what is above the level of the top.
A bushel; four pecks. [Local.]
A measure of four bushels or half a quarter. [Local.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.