Gloss
to strike with the fists, beat, torment; (pass.) receive a beating, be brutally treated
Forms of the word
Dictionary
κολαφίζω
Greek transliteration
kolaphizō
Simplified transliteration
kolaphizo
Principal Parts
-, ἐκολάφισα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
2852
GK Number
3139
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
5
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-2a(1)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for κολαφίζω
| Matthew 26:67 | Then they spat in his face and struck (ekolaphisan | ἐκολάφισαν | aor act ind 3 pl) him; and some slapped him, |
| Mark 14:65 | And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike (kolaphizein | κολαφίζειν | pres act inf ) him, and to say to him, “Prophesy!” Even the officers received him with slaps to the face. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:11 | To this present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, knocked about (kolaphizometha | κολαφιζόμεθα | pres pass ind 1 pl), and homeless. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:7 | especially because of the extraordinary character of my revelations. Therefore in order that I should not become conceited, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment (kolaphizē | κολαφίζῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) me, that I should not become conceited. |
| 1 Peter 2:20 | For what praise is there if, when you do wrong and are beaten (kolaphizomenoi | κολαφιζόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) for it, you endure it? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure it, this is commendable in God’s sight. |
