derō · beat, strike

What it means

derō (δέρω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “beat, strike”.

Flog.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To strike someone with the hand, with rods or with a whip.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• beating ×5
• will be beaten ×3
• beat him ×2
• they beat ×2
• beat ×1
• do you strike ×1
• strikes ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×3
• Luke×5
• John×1
• Acts×3
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×1

• Matthew 21:35

  And the tenant farmers took his slaves and one they beat, another they killed, another they stoned.

• Mark 12:3

  And they took him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

• Mark 12:5

  And he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating and some killing.

• Mark 13:9

  But watch yourselves; they will hand you over to councils, and in synagogues you will be beaten, and before governors and kings you will stand for the sake of me, as a testimony to them.

• Luke 12:47

  And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or act according to his will will be beaten with many blows.

• Luke 12:48

  But the one who did not know, and did things deserving of blows, will be beaten with few blows. And from everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him; and to whom they entrusted much, they will ask of him even more.

• Luke 20:10

  And at the harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

• Luke 20:11

  And he went on to send another slave; but they beat that one too and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.

• Luke 22:63

  And the men who were holding him were mocking him, beating him;

• John 18:23

  Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify about the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike me?”

• Acts 5:40

  And calling in the apostles, after beating them, they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

• Acts 16:37

  But Paul said to them, “They beat us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Romans, and threw us into prison, and now are they throwing us out secretly? No indeed! Rather, let them come themselves and bring us out.”

• Acts 22:19

  And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I was imprisoning and beating in synagogue after synagogue those who believe in you.

• 1 Corinthians 9:26

  So I run in this way: not as one who runs aimlessly; I box in this way: not as one beating the air.

• 2 Corinthians 11:20

  For you bear it if someone enslaves you, if someone devours you, if someone takes from you, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes you in the face.