verb
mastizamō
Strong’sG3147
I flog, scourge
stem mastiz-once in the New Testament1 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.
μαστίζω
(Ep. and late prose = Att. μαστιγόω), [in LXX: Nu 22:25 (נכה hi.), Wi 5:11, II Mac 2:21*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3147 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmas-tid'-zo
to whip (literally)
Fromfrom G3149;
King Jamesscourge.
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
Refs 4th c.AD+, Doric dialect μαστ-ίσδω Refs 3rd c.BC+: Epic dialect aorist μάστιξα Refs 8th c.BC+ —passive, aorist ἐμαστίχθην variant in Refs 5th c.BC+; participle μαστιχθείς Refs 1st c.AD+: (μάστιξ):—whip, flog, μάστιξεν δ᾽ ἵππους Il.[same place], etc.; τυ.. ὑπὸ.. ὤμους μαστίσδοιεν (see. above) Refs 3rd c.BC+infinitive, μάστιξεν δ᾽ ἐλάαν whipped them on or forward, Refs 8th c.BC+
2 stimulate the bowels, Refs 4th c.BC+ — passive Refs 4th c.BC+—Epic dialect word, used twice in Comedy texts, LXX+5th c.BC+; and in late Prose, Refs 1st c.AD+; the Attic dialect form being μαστιγόω.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mastizarōμαστίζειν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | flog | 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
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mastizamō | mastizame | mastizami | mastizama | mastizamē | mastizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | mastizasō | mastizase | mastizasi | mastizasa | mastizasē | mastizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mastizatō | mastizate | mastizati | mastizata | mastizatē | mastizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | mastizanō | mastizane | mastizani | mastizana | mastizanē | mastizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | mastizavō | mastizave | mastizavi | mastizava | mastizavē | mastizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | mastizalō | mastizale | mastizali | mastizala | mastizalē | mastizalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mastizameiō | mastizameia | mastizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | mastizaseiō | mastizaseia | mastizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mastizateiō | mastizateia | mastizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | mastizaneiō | mastizaneia | mastizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | mastizaveiō | mastizaveia | mastizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | mastizaleiō | mastizaleia | mastizaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | mastizasōr | mastizasar | mastizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mastizatōr | mastizatar | mastizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | mastizavōr | mastizavar | mastizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | mastizalōr | mastizalar | mastizalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mastizamoiō | mastizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | mastizasoiō | mastizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mastizatoiō | mastizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | mastizanoiō | mastizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | mastizavoiō | mastizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | mastizaloiō | mastizaloia |
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 | mastizarō1×μαστίζειν | mastizari | mastizara | mastizarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | mastizarōntos | mastizarintos | mastizarantos | mastizarēntos |
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
mastiz 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
mastizarō“flog”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Acts 22:25… anthrōpon Rōmaion kai akatakriton exestinatō vi mastizarō?… Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”