verb
kolafizamō
Strong’sG2852
I strike with the fist, maltreat
stem kolafiz-5 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books5 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† κολαφίζω
(< κόλαφος = Att., κόνδυλοι, the knuckles, the closed fist),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2852 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkol-af-id'-zo
to rap with the fist
Fromfrom a derivative of the base of G2849;
King Jamesbuffet.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
slap, buffet, τινα NT:— passive, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| kolafizonōκολαφιζόμεθα | happening now · wepresent middle or passive indicative 1st person plural | roughly treated | 1× |
| kolafizalaἐκολάφισαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | struck | 1× |
| kolafizateiōκολαφίζῃ | happening now · he/she/itpresent active subjunctive 3rd person singular | torment | 1× |
| kolafizarōκολαφίζειν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | beat | 1× |
| kolafizorōntoisκολαφιζόμενοι | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine | beaten | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 140, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolafizamō | kolafizame | kolafizami | kolafizama | kolafizamē | kolafizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kolafizasō | kolafizase | kolafizasi | kolafizasa | kolafizasē | kolafizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolafizatō | kolafizate | kolafizati | kolafizata | kolafizatē | kolafizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kolafizanō | kolafizane | kolafizani | kolafizana | kolafizanē | kolafizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolafizavō | kolafizave | kolafizavi | kolafizava | kolafizavē | kolafizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kolafizalō | kolafizale | kolafizali | kolafizala1×ἐκολάφισαν | kolafizalē | kolafizalelē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolafizomō | kolafizome | kolafizomē | kolafizomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kolafizosō | kolafizose | kolafizosē | kolafizoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolafizotō | kolafizote | kolafizotē | kolafizotelē |
| we 1st person plural | kolafizonō1×κολαφιζόμεθα | kolafizone | kolafizonē | kolafizonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolafizovō | kolafizove | kolafizovē | kolafizovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kolafizolō | kolafizole | kolafizolē | kolafizolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolafizameiō | kolafizameia | kolafizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kolafizaseiō | kolafizaseia | kolafizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolafizateiō1×κολαφίζῃ | kolafizateia | kolafizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kolafizaneiō | kolafizaneia | kolafizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolafizaveiō | kolafizaveia | kolafizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kolafizaleiō | kolafizaleia | kolafizaleiē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolafizomeiō | kolafizomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kolafizoseiō | kolafizoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolafizoteiō | kolafizoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | kolafizoneiō | kolafizoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolafizoveiō | kolafizoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kolafizoleiō | kolafizoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kolafizasōr | kolafizasar | kolafizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolafizatōr | kolafizatar | kolafizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolafizavōr | kolafizavar | kolafizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kolafizalōr | kolafizalar | kolafizalēr |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kolafizosōr | kolafizosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolafizotōr | kolafizotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolafizovōr | kolafizovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kolafizolōr | kolafizolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolafizamoiō | kolafizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kolafizasoiō | kolafizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolafizatoiō | kolafizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kolafizanoiō | kolafizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolafizavoiō | kolafizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kolafizaloiō | kolafizaloia |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolafizomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | kolafizosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolafizotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | kolafizonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolafizovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | kolafizoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kolafizarō1×κολαφίζειν | kolafizari | kolafizara | kolafizarē |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | kolafizorō | kolafizorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kolafizarōntos | kolafizarintos | kolafizarantos | kolafizarēntos |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | kolafizorōntos1× | kolafizorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
kolafiz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
kolafizonō“roughly treated”happening now · wepresent middle or passive indicative 1st person plural1×
1 Corinthians 4:11“roughly treated”… peinanō kai dipsanō kai gumniteuanō kai kolafizonō kai astatanō… we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
kolafizala“struck”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Matthew 26:67… emptuala eis tem prosōpem autou kai kolafizala auton, tois de rapizala… they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
kolafizateiō“torment”happening now · he/she/itpresent active subjunctive 3rd person singular1×
2 Corinthians 12:7… ta sarka, angelos Satanou, hina min kolafizateiō, hina mē huperairomeiō.… flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
kolafizarō“beat”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Mark 14:65“beat”… kai perikaluptarō autou tem prosōpem kai kolafizarō auton kai legarō auto; Profēteuasar, kai …… Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
kolafizorōntois“beaten”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine1×
1 Peter 2:20poiem gar kleem ei hamartarōntois kai kolafizorōntois hupomenavi? alla ei agathopoiarōntois kai pascharōntois …… to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure …