STRONGS G2852:
κολαφίζω; 1 aorist
ἐκολαφισα; present passive
κολαφίζομαι; (
κόλαφος a fist, and this from
κολάπτω to peck, strike);
to strike with the fist, give one a blow with the fist (
Terence, colaphum infringo, Quintfl. col. duco) (
A. V. to buffet):
τινα,
Matthew 26:67;
Mark 14:65; as a specific term for a general, equivalent to
to maltreat, treat with violence and contumely, 2 Corinthians 12:7; present passive,
1 Corinthians 4:11;
1 Peter 2:20. (Elsewhere only in ecclesiastical writings.) The word is fully discussed by Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T. etc., p. 67ff; cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 175f.
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