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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3148 - μάστιξ

Transliteration

mástix

Phonetics

mas'-tix

Origin

probably from the base of (G3145) (through the idea of contact)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

4:518,571

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a whip, scourge
metaph. a scourge, plague
1. a calamity, misfortune, esp. sent by God to discipline or punish

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4341 ‑ מַכְאֹבָה (mak‑obe', mak‑obe', mak‑o‑baw'); 5061 ‑ נֶגַע (neh'‑gah); 5222 ‑ נֵכֶה (nay‑keh'); 6763 ‑ צַלְעָה (tsay‑law', tsal‑aw'); 7626 ‑ שֵׁבֶט (shay'‑bet); 7752 ‑ שׁוֹט (shote); 8201 ‑ שֶׁפֶט (sheh'‑fet);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Mark 3

Luke 1

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

BSB (6)

Mark 3

Luke 1

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

CSB (6)

Mark 3

Luke 1

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

ESV (6)

Mark 3

Luke 1

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

KJV (6)

Mark 3

Luke 1

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (6)

Mark 3

Luke 1

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

N95 (6)

Mark 3

Luke 1

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

NAS (6)

Mark 3

Luke 1

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

NLT (7)

Mark 5

Luke 1

Acts 2

Hebrews 2

WEB (6)

Mark 3

Luke 1

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

YLT (6)

Mark 3

Luke 1

Acts 1

Hebrews 1

ASV (6)

by scourging 1

her plague 1

plague 1

plagues 2

scourgings 1

BSB (6)

affliction 2

afflictions 1

be flogged 1

diseases 1

flogging 1

CSB (6)

affliction 2

diseases 1

plagues 1

scourgings 1

the scourge 1

ESV (6)

disease 2

diseases 1

flogging 2

plagues 1

KJV (6)

plague 2

plagues 2

scourging 1

scourgings 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (6)

affliction 2

afflictions 2

flogging 1

floggings 1

N95 (6)

affliction 2

afflictions 2

scourging 1

scourgings 1

NAS (6)

afflictions 1

disease 2

diseases 1

flogging 2

NLT (7)

condition 1

illnesses 1

people 2

suffering 1

whips 2

WEB (6)

by scourging 1

disease 1

diseases 1

her affliction 1

plagues 1

scourging 1

YLT (6)

by scourges 1

plague 2

plagues 2

scourgings 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 2

ANT

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

BEZ

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

BGB

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

BMT

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

BYZ

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

ELZ

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

NA26

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

SBL

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

SCV

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

STV

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

TIS

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

TRG

N-APF 1

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μάστ-ιξ, ῑγος, ἡ,

I whip, scourge, mostly for driving horses, Il. 5.748, etc.; μ. λιγυρῇ 11.532; ἵππου μ. horse- whip, Hdt. 4.3; λιγυρὰ μ. διπλῆ S. Aj. 242 (anap.); later, scourge, ὑπὸ μαστίγων διαβαίνειν to cross under the lash, of soldiers flogged on, Hdt. 7.56, cf. 103; τοξεύειν ὑπὸ μ. X. An. 3.4.25; τῇ μ. κνάπτειν Cratin. 275; μάστιγ' ἔχων whip in hand, Ar. Th. 933, Phryn.Com. 36.

II metaph., scourge, plague, μάστιξ Διός Il. 12.37, 13.812; μάστιγι θείᾳ.. ἐλαύνομαι A. Pr. 682; πληγεὶς θεοῦ μάστιγι Id. Th. 608; διπλῇ μ., τὴν Ἄρης φιλεῖ, i.e. fire and sword, Id. Ag. 642; μ. [Θεοῦ ], of sickness, Mark 5:34; cf. Mark 3:10 (pl.); but μάστιξ Πειθοῦς the lash of eloquence, Pi. P. 4.219: — Ion. μάστις (q. v.): μάστιγξ is not found.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

μάστιξ, μαστιχος, ἡ, a whip, scourge (for שׁוט, 1 Kings 12:11, 14; Proverbs 26:3): Acts 22:21; Hebrews 11:36; metaphorically, a scourge, plague, i. e. a calamity, misfortune, especially as sent by God to discipline or punish (Psalm 88:33 (); with Διός added, Homer, Iliad 12, 37; 13, 812; Θεοῦ, Aeschylus sept. 607): of distressing bodily diseases, Mark 3:10; Mark 5:29, 34; Luke 7:21; 2 Macc. 9:11.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μάστιξ , -ιγος , ἡ ,

[in LXX for H7752, etc.;]

a whip, scourge: Acts 22:24, Hebrews 11:36; metaph., of disease or suffering as a divine chastisement (cf. Psalms 89:33, Proverbs 3:12, 2 Maccabees 9:11), Mark 3:10; Mark 5:29; Mark 5:34, Luke 7:21.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the literal sense cf. P Leid Wi. 32 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 85, cf. p. 166) μάστιγας. . . Αἰγυπτίας, ";Egyptian whips,"; such as many of the Egyptian gods are depicted carrying, and the magic tablet PSI I. 28.4 (iii/iv A.D. ?) πικραῖς μάστιξιν, borne by the Erinyes. For the metaphorical sense (Mark 3:10 al. ), which is found as early as Homer, cf. the Phrygian inscr. C. and B. ii. p. 520, No. 361 ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ἐπιχειρήσει ἕτερον ἐπεισενενκεῖν (";to bring in another body";), λήψεται παρὰ τοῦ ἀθανάτου θεοῦ μάστειγα αἰώνιον, where the editor remarks that ";the concluding formula is unique, but seems on the whole to be Chr(istian)"; : see further Diels Berliner Sitzungsberichte, 1901, p. 199 f. Μαστιγοφόρος in the sense of ";policeman"; is found, in PTebt I. 179 (late ii/B.C.).

List of Word Forms

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