King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2852
Transliteration: kolaphizō
Phonetic Spelling: (kol-af-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to strike with the fist
Meaning: to strike with the fist
κολαφίζω; 1 aorist ἐκολαφισα; present passive κολαφίζομαι; (κόλαφος a fist, and this from κολάπτω to peck, strike); to strike with the fist, give one a blow with the fist (Terence, colaphum infringo, Quintfl. col. duco) (A. V. to buffet): τινα, Matthew 26:67; Mark 14:65; as a specific term for a general, equivalent to to maltreat, treat with violence and contumely, 2 Corinthians 12:7; present passive, 1 Corinthians 4:11; 1 Peter 2:20. (Elsewhere only in ecclesiastical writings.) The word is fully discussed by Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T. etc., p. 67ff; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 175f.
Word Summary
kolaphizō: to strike with the fist
Original Word: κολαφίζωTransliteration: kolaphizō
Phonetic Spelling: (kol-af-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to strike with the fist
Meaning: to strike with the fist
Strong's Concordance
buffet, strike, treat roughlyFrom a derivative of the base of kolazo; to rap with the fist -- buffet.
see GREEK kolazo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2852: κολαφίζωκολαφίζω; 1 aorist ἐκολαφισα; present passive κολαφίζομαι; (κόλαφος a fist, and this from κολάπτω to peck, strike); to strike with the fist, give one a blow with the fist (Terence, colaphum infringo, Quintfl. col. duco) (A. V. to buffet): τινα, Matthew 26:67; Mark 14:65; as a specific term for a general, equivalent to to maltreat, treat with violence and contumely, 2 Corinthians 12:7; present passive, 1 Corinthians 4:11; 1 Peter 2:20. (Elsewhere only in ecclesiastical writings.) The word is fully discussed by Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T. etc., p. 67ff; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 175f.