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To whip

φραγελλόωStrong’s G5417

phragelloō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Phragelloō is the Greek word usually translated “having flogged”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.”
Matthew 27:26 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • having flogged 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Mark 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

φραγελλόω phragelloō · to whip

φραγελλόω, -ῶ (φραγέλλιον, which see), to scourge: with accusative, Mat.27:26, Mrk.15:15 (eccl.).† (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.