Lexicon :: Strong's G5097 - timōreō

τιμωρέω
Transliteration
timōreō (Key)
Pronunciation
tim-o-reh'-o
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a comparative of τιμή (G5092) and ouros (a guard)
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Strong’s Definitions

τιμωρέω timōréō, tim-o-reh'-o; from a comparative of G5092 and οὖρος oûros ouros (a guard); properly, to protect one's honor, i.e. to avenge (inflict a penalty):—punish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G5097 in the following manner: punish (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G5097 in the following manner: punish (2x).

  1. to be a guardian or avenger of honour

    1. to succour, come to the help of

  2. to avenge

  3. in the NT, to take vengeance on one, to punish

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τιμωρέω timōréō, tim-o-reh'-o; from a comparative of G5092 and οὖρος oûros ouros (a guard); properly, to protect one's honor, i.e. to avenge (inflict a penalty):—punish.
STRONGS G5097:
τιμωρέω, τιμώρω; 1 aorist passive ἐτιμωρήθην; (from τιμωρός, and this from τιμή and οὐρός, see θυρωρός); from Sophocles and Herodotus down; properly, to be a guardian or avenger of honor; hence,
1. to succor, come to the help of:τίνι, one, Sophocles, Herodotus, Thucydides, others,
2. to avenge: τίνι, one, Herodotus, Xenophon, others.
3. in the N. T. τιμώρω τινα, to take vengeance on one, to punish: Acts 22:5; Acts 26:11 (Sophocles O. R. 107; in Greek writings the middle is more common in this sense).
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Acts
22:5; 26:11
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