κολαφίζω
kolaphizō
“to beat”
Definition
to rap with the fist
from a derivative of the base of G2849 (κολάζω);
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
κολαφίζω appears 5 times in the New Testament.
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Key Passages
To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
or because of these surpassingly great revelations.So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
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