STRONGS NUMBER G5299


Word Summary
hypōpiazō: to strike under the eye
Original Word: ὑπωπιάζω
Transliteration: hypōpiazō
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-o-pee-ad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to strike under the eye
Meaning: to strike under the eye
Strong's Concordance
torment, strike in the face

From a compound of hupo and a derivative of optanomai; to hit under the eye (buffet or disable an antagonist as a pugilist), i.e. (figuratively) to tease or annoy (into compliance), subdue (one's passions) -- keep under, weary.

see GREEK hupo

see GREEK optanomai

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5299: ὑποπιάζω

ὑποπιάζω, a later form of ὑποπιέζω, to keep down, keep in subjection: 1 Corinthians 9:27 Tdf. edition 7 after the faulty reading of some manuscripts for ὑποπιάζω, which see Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 461; (Sophocles Lexicon, under the word; Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 d. 5; see ἀμφιάζω).

STRONGS NT 5299: ὑπωπιάζωὑπωπιάζω; (from ὑπώπιον, compounded of ὑπό and ὤψ, ὠπος, which denotes a. that part of the face which is under the eyes;

b. a blow in that part of the face; a black and blue spot, a bruise); properly, to beat black and blue, to smite so as to cause bruises and livid spots (Aristotle, rhet. 3, 11, 15, p. 1413{a}, 20; Plutarch, mor., p. 921 f.; (Diogenes Laërtius 6, 89): τό σῶμα, like a boxer I buffet my body, handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships, 1 Corinthians 9:27; metaphorically, (πόλεις ὑπωπιασμεναι, cities terribly scourged and afflicted by war, bearing the marks of devastation Aristophanes pax 541) to give one intolerable annoyance (`beat one out', 'wear one out'), by entreaties (cf. τέλος, 1 a.), Luke 18:5 (cf. aliquem rogitando obtundat, Terence, Eun. 3, 5, 6).