κολαφίζω
kolaphízō · G2852 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to strike with the fist, to beat with the fist
To strike or beat with the fist, either once or repeatedly
ExamplesMatthew 26:67 Then they spit in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him,
Mark 14:65 And some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists and say to Him, “Prophesy!” Then the officers took custody of Him and slapped Him in the face.
1 Corinthians 4:11 Up to this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless;
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to cause harm to
(A figurative extension of meaning of κολαφίζω ‘to beat with the fist,’) To cause injury or weakness or possibly a circumstantial difficulty
Examples1 Corinthians 4:11 Up to this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless;
2 Corinthians 12:7 Because of the extraordinary greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself!
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
- ἐγώI, we 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄρχωto be first 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To strike with the fist, to beat with the fist19.7
- κολαφίζω describes being struck repeatedly, especially with the fist. Matthew 26:67 recounts that during Jesus’ trial, “they spit in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him,” the ἐκολάφισαν naming this repeated striking of Jesus with fists.
- To cause harm to20.27
- The same verb can describe causing harm or affliction more generally, not only a literal blow of the fist. 2 Corinthians 12:7 has Paul describing “a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me,” the κολαφίζῃ naming this ongoing harm inflicted on him to keep him from exalting himself.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist ἐκολαφισα; present passive κολαφίζομαι; (κόλαφος a fist, and this from κολάπτω…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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