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GreekG5097Verb

τιμωρέω

timōreō

2Occurrences
G5097Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, to protect one's honor, i.e. to avenge (inflict a penalty)

from a comparative of G5092 (τιμή) and ouros (a guard);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to help.
2.to avenge; mid., to avenge oneself on, punish (Hdt., Eur., al)
LXX: (שָׁכֹל pi)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

τιμωρέω appears 2 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
2

Key Passages

Acts 22:5BSB

as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

Acts 26:11BSB

I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.