verb
kolazomō
Strong’sG2849
I chastise, punish
stem kolaz-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
κολάζω
(< κόλος, docked), [in LXX: Da 6:12 (13) (no Heb.), I Es 8:24, Wi 3:4 (and freq.), I Mac 7:7, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2849 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkol-ad'-zo
properly, to curtail, i.e. (figuratively) to chastise (or reserve for infliction)
Fromfrom κόλος (dwarf);
King Jamespunish.
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
future κολάσω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐκόλασα Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, future κολάσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; twice contraction in Refs 5th c.BC+, 2nd pers. singular κολᾷ Refs, participle κολωμένους Refs: aorist ἐκολασάμην Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, future -ασθήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐκολάσθην Refs: perfect κεκόλασμαι Refs 5th c.BC+:—check, chastise, τὰς ἐπιθυμίας Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be corrected, τὸ ἐν μέλιτι χολῶδες -άζεται Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect participle passive, chastened, εὐπειθὲς καὶ κεκολ. Refs 4th c.BC+; ῥήτωρ κεκ. Refs 2nd c.AD+; also of an athlete, ἀπέριττος τὰ μυώδη καὶ μὴ κεκ. Refs
2 chastise, punish, τινα Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ σέμν᾽ ἔπη κόλαζ᾽ ἐκείνους use your proud words in reproving them, Refs 5th c.BC+; πληγαῖς, τιμωρίαις, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, get a person punished, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be punished, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; of divine retribution, Refs 1st c.AD+; suffer injury, Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 of a drastic method of checking the growth of the almond-tree, Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, Refs
4 passive with genitive, to be badly in need of, Refs 1st c.AD+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kolazeleiaκολάσωνται | happened · theyaorist middle subjunctive 3rd person plural | punish | 1× |
| kolazorōntoinκολαζομένους | happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative plural masculine | punishment | 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 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
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 | kolazomō | kolazome | kolazomē | kolazomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kolazosō | kolazose | kolazosē | kolazoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolazotō | kolazote | kolazotē | kolazotelē |
| we 1st person plural | kolazonō | kolazone | kolazonē | kolazonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolazovō | kolazove | kolazovē | kolazovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kolazolō | kolazole | kolazolē | kolazolelē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolazemi | kolazema |
| you 2nd person singular | kolazesi | kolazesa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolazeti | kolazeta |
| we 1st person plural | kolazeni | kolazena |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolazevi | kolazeva |
| they 3rd person plural | kolazeli | kolazela |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolazomeiō | kolazomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kolazoseiō | kolazoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolazoteiō | kolazoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | kolazoneiō | kolazoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolazoveiō | kolazoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kolazoleiō | kolazoleiē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolazemeia |
| you 2nd person singular | kolazeseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolazeteia |
| we 1st person plural | kolazeneia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolazeveia |
| they 3rd person plural | kolazeleia1×κολάσωνται |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kolazosōr | kolazosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolazotōr | kolazotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolazovōr | kolazovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kolazolōr | kolazolēr |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kolazesar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolazetar |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolazevar |
| they 3rd person plural | kolazelar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolazomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | kolazosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolazotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | kolazonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolazovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | kolazoloiō |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolazemoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kolazesoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolazetoia |
| we 1st person plural | kolazenoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolazevoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kolazeloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | kolazorō | kolazorē | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | kolazeri | kolazera |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | kolazorōntos1× | kolazorēntos | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | kolazerintos | kolazerantos |
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
kolaz 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
kolazeleia“punish”happened · theyaorist middle subjunctive 3rd person plural1×
Acts 4:21… apoluala autoin, mēdenem heuriskarōntois tem pōs kolazeleia autoin, dia ton laon, hoti pantois …… could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were …
kolazorōntoin“punishment”happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative plural masculine1×
2 Peter 2:9… ruorō, adikoin de eis hēmeran krisiau kolazorōntoin tērarō,… and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.