Strong's Lexicon
G5178 — τυμπανίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5178 |
|---|---|
| Word: | τυμπανίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G5180 (meaning a drum, "tympanum") |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | tumpanizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | toom-pan-id'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to stretch on an instrument of torture resembling a drum, and thus beat to death |
| KJV Renderings: | torture |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τυμπανίζω: (τύμπανον);
1. to beat the drum or timbrel.
2. to torture with the tympanum, an instrument of punishment: ἐτυμπανίσθησαν (Vulg.distenti sunt), Heb 11:35 (R. V. were tortured (with margin, Or, beaten to death)) (Plutarch, mor., p. 60 a.; joined with ἀνασκολοπίζεσθαι, Lucian, Jup. trag. 19); the tympanum seems to have been a wheel-shaped instrument of torture, over which criminals were stretched as though they were skins, and then horribly beaten with clubs or thongs (cf. our ’to break upon the wheel’; see English Dicts. under the word ); cf. (Bleek on Heb. as above); Grimm on 2Ma 6:19 f
STRONGS NT 5178a: τυπικῶςτυπικῶς (from the adjective τυπικος, and this from τύπος); adverb, by way of example (prefiguratively): ταῦτα τυπικῶς συνέβαινον ἐκείνοις, these things happened unto them as a warning to posterity (R. V. by way of example), 1Co 10:11 L T Tr WH. (Ecclesiastical writings.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
τυμπανίζω (torture)
Hebrews 11:35
- KJV: Women received their dead raised to life again and others were tortured not accepting deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection
- GK: έλαβον γυναίκες εξ αναστάσεως τους νεκρούς αυτών άλλοι δε ετυμπανίσθησαν ου προσδεξάμενοι την απολύτρωσιν ίνα κρείττονος αναστάσεως τύχωσιν