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Strong's #3146 - μαστιγόω
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μαστῑγ-όω,
opt. μαστιγοίην (v.l. - οῖμι) Aeschin. 2.157: fut. - ώσω X. Cyr. 1.4.13: aor. - ωσα Hdt. 7.54: —
Pass., fut. μαστιγωθήσομαι LXX Psalms 73:5(72).5, μαστιγώσομαι Pl. R. 361e, IG 22.1362.9: aor. part. - ωθείς Phld. Rh. 2.180 S.: —
whip, flog, Hdt. 1.114 (μαστιγέων codd.), 3.16, 7.54; μυρίκῃ ἢ μαλάχῃ Luc. Ind. 3: —
Pass., Lys. 1.18, etc.; πληγὰς μαστιγούσθω let him be whipped, Pl. Lg. 914b, cf. 845a; ψυχῆς ἠσκημένης καὶ μεμαστιγωμένης Max.Tyr. 25.5.
μαστιγόω, μαστίγω, 3 person singular μαστιγοῖ; future μαστιγώσω; 1 aorist ἐμαστιγωσα; (μάστιξ); from Herodotus down; the Sept. chiefly for הִכָּה; to scourge; properly: τινα, Matthew 10:17; Matthew 20:19; Matthew 23:34; Mark 10:34; Luke 18:33; John 19:1; (cf. B. D. under the word
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μαστιγόω , -ῶ ,
(< μάστιξ ),
[in LXX chiefly for H5221 hi.;]
to scourge: c. acc, Matthew 10:17; Matthew 20:19; Matthew 23:34, Mark 10:34, Luke 18:33, John 19:1; metaph., Hebrews 12:6 (cf. Proverbs 3:12, Jeremiah 5:3, Judith 8:27).†
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An interesting ex. of this verb, which is the regular term for punishment by scourging, occurs in P Flor I. 61.59 (A.D. 85) (= Chrest. II. p. 89), where the Prefect, while pronouncing the accused deserving of being scourged—ἄξιος μ [ὲ ]ν ἦς μαστιγωθῆναι —releases him as a mark of favour to the multitude—.61 χαρίζομαι δέ σε τοῖς ὄχλοις : cf. Mark 15:15. Other exx. are P Lille I. 29ii. 34 (iii/B.C.) ὁ δὲ παραλ [αβὼν τὸ ἀνδρά ]ποδον μαστιγωσ [άτω μὴ ἔ ]λασσον ἑκατὸν π [ληγῶν καὶ ] στιξάτο τὸ μέτω [πον, P Amh II. 77.23 (A.D. 139) ἐποίησάν με. . . μαστιγοῦσθαι, P Oxy XIV. 1643.11 (A.D. 298) where a man appoints a friend to go in search of a fugitive slave, and when he has found him—εἴργιν καὶ μαστιγοῖν, ";to imprison and scourge him,"; ib. VI. 903.9 (iv/A.D.) τοῖς δὲ δούλοις μαστιγγομένοι (l. μαστιγουμένοις), and from the inscrr. OGIS 483.177 (ii/B.C.) αὐτὸς μαστιγούσθω ἐν τῶι κύφωνι (";in the pillory";) πληγαῖς πεντηκόντα.
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