ῥαβδίζω
rhabdizō · beat with rods
Greek word · Strong’s number G4463 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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rhabdizō (ῥαβδίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “beat with rods”.
A Roman punishment.
How to say it
rhab·di·zō
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
- To punish with blows of sticks, as Roman officers did.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- I was beaten with rods ×1
- them to be beaten with rods ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 16:22
And the crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
- 2 Corinthians 11:25
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have spent in the deep;