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Greek verb · G3146

μαστιγόω

mastigoomas-tig-o'-o

to whip

7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: mastigóō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3146is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 5 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 6
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G3146

to flog (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: scourge.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

mastigoo is rendered "to whip". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across five books.

  • Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 10:17But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
  • The Greek text spells it six different ways.

The first use

But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.

Matthew 10:17μαστιγώσουσιν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Three of the word's seven uses are in Matthew.

The other 22 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • flogged1
  • having flogged1
  • He scourges1
  • they will flog1
  • to flog1
  • will flog1
  • you will flog1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

μάστιξmastixwhipUses6
μαστόςmastosbreastUses3
μαστίζωmastizoto whipUses1

All 7, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

6 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • μαστιγώσουσιν2
  • ἐμαστίγωσεν1
  • μαστιγοῖ1
  • μαστιγῶσαι1
  • μαστιγώσαντες1
  • μαστιγώσετε1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-FAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
  • verb · future active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-FAI-2P
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S

Matthew

three uses
  • But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.

    Matthew 10:17

    • μαστιγώσουσινmastigosousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will flog
  • and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”

    Matthew 20:19

    • μαστιγῶσαιmastigosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to flog
  • Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.

    Matthew 23:34

    • μαστιγώσετεmastigoseteverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will flog

Mark

one use
  • who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”

    Mark 10:34

    • μαστιγώσουσινmastigosousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will flog

Luke

one use
  • They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”

    Luke 18:33

    • μαστιγώσαντεςmastigosantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having flogged

John

one use
  • Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.

    John 19:1

    • ἐμαστίγωσενemastigosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: flogged

Hebrews

one use
  • For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”

    Hebrews 12:6

    • μαστιγοῖmastigoiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He scourges

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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