Strong's Lexicon
G5097 — τιμωρέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5097 |
|---|---|
| Word: | τιμωρέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a comparative of G5092 and ouros (a guard) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | timoreo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tim-o-reh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) to protect one's honor, i.e. to avenge (inflict a penalty) |
| KJV Renderings: | punish |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τιμωρέω, τιμώρω; 1 aorist passive ἐτιμωρήθην; (from τιμωρός, and this from τιμή and οὐρός, see θυρωρός); from Sophocles and Herodotus down; properly, to be a guardian or avenger of honor; hence,
1. to succor, come to the help of:τίνι, one, Sophocles, Herodotus, Thucydides, others,
2. to avenge: τίνι, one, Herodotus, Xenophon, others.
3. in the N. T. τιμώρω τινα, to take vengeance on one, to punish: Act 22:5; Act 26:11 (Sophocles O. R. 107; in Greek writings the middle is more common in this sense).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
τιμωρέω (punish)
Acts 22:5
- KJV: As also the high priest doth bear me witness and all the estate of the elders from whom also I received letters unto the brethren and went to Damascus to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem for to be punished
- GK: ως και ο αρχιερεύς μαρτυρεί μοι και παν το πρεσβυτέριον παρ΄ ων και επιστολάς δεξάμενος προς τους αδελφούς εις Δαμασκόν επορευόμην άξων και τους εκείσε όντας δεδεμένους εις Ιερουσαλήμ ίνα τιμωρηθώσιν
Acts 26:11
- KJV: And I punished them oft in every synagogue and compelled to blaspheme and being exceedingly mad against them I persecuted even unto strange cities
- GK: και κατά πάσας τας συναγωγάς πολλάκις τιμωρών αυτούς ηνάγκαζον βλασφημείν περισσώς τε εμμαινόμενος αυτοίς εδίωκον έως και εις τας έξω πόλεις