Lexicon kolazó: to chastise Original Word: κολάζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kolazó Phonetic Spelling: (kol-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I chastise, punish Definition: I chastise, curtail, punish; mid: I cause to be punished. HELPS word-Studies 2849 kolázō – properly, to dwarf, mutilate (curtail); used of punishing slaves to incapacitate them; hence, to punish (cause agony) to curtail ("dock/check," Abbott-Smith), i.e. in a way that restrains (impedes, restricts). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kolos (docked) Definitionto chastise NASB Translationpunish (1), punishment (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2849: κολαζοκολαζο: present passive participle κολαζόμενος; 1 aorist middle sub. junc. 3 person plural κολάσωνται; ( κόλος lopped); in Greek writings: 1. properly, to lop, prune, as trees, wings. 2. to check, curb, restrain. 3. to chastise, correct, punish: so in the N. T.; passive 2 Peter 2:9, and Lachmann in 4; middle to cause to be punished (3Macc. 7:3): Acts 4:21.
Strong's punish. From kolos (dwarf); properly, to curtail, i.e. (figuratively) to chastise (or reserve for infliction) -- punish. |
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