King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3148
Transliteration: mastix
Phonetic Spelling: (mas'-tix)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a whip, scourge
Meaning: a whip, scourge
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.
Word Summary
mastix: a whip, scourge
Original Word: μάστιξTransliteration: mastix
Phonetic Spelling: (mas'-tix)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a whip, scourge
Meaning: a whip, scourge
Strong's Concordance
plague, scourging. Probably from the base of massaomai (through the idea of contact); a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease) -- plague, scourging.
see GREEK massaomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3148: μάστιξμάστιξ, 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