τιμωρέω
timōreō · punish
Greek word · Strong’s number G5097 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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timōreō (τιμωρέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “punish”.
Make someone pay for what they have done.
How to say it
ti·mō·re·ō
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 make someone suffer as payment for what they did.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- punishing ×1
- they might be punished ×1
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Where it appears
- Acts 22:5
as also the high priest testifies for me, and the whole council of elders; from whom I also received letters to the brothers, and I was traveling to Damascus to bring also those who were there in chains to Jerusalem so that they might be punished.
- Acts 26:11
And throughout all the synagogues, often punishing them, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged against them I pursued them even to foreign cities.