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Lexicon :: Strong's G3148 - mastix

Aa
μάστιξ
Transliteration
mastix (Key)
Pronunciation
mas'-tix
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of μασάομαι (G3145) (through the idea of contact)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:518,571

Strong’s Definitions

μάστιξ mástix, mas'-tix; probably from the base of G3145 (through the idea of contact); a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease):—plague, scourging.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3148 in the following manner: plague (4x), scourging (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3148 in the following manner: plague (4x), scourging (2x).

  1. a whip, scourge

  2. metaph. a scourge, plague

    1. a calamity, misfortune, esp. sent by God to discipline or punish

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μάστιξ mástix, mas'-tix; probably from the base of G3145 (through the idea of contact); a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease):—plague, scourging.
STRONGS G3148:
μάστιξ, μαστιχος, ἡ, a whip, scourge (for שׁוט, 1 Kings 12:11, 14; Proverbs 26:3): Acts 22:21; Hebrews 11:36; metaphorically, a scourge, plague, i. e. a calamity, misfortune, especially as sent by God to discipline or punish (Psalm 88:33 (Ps. 89:33); with Διός added, Homer, Iliad 12, 37; 13, 812; Θεοῦ, Aeschylus sept. 607): of distressing bodily diseases, Mark 3:10; Mark 5:29, 34; Luke 7:21; 2 Macc. 9:11.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
12:11; 12:14
Psalms
89:33
Proverbs
26:3
Mark
3:10; 5:29; 5:34
Luke
2; 7:21
Acts
22:21
Hebrews
11:36

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3148 matches the Greek μάστιξ (mastix),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:21 -
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue;
Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:9 -
Their houses are safe from fear,
Neither is the rod of God upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10 -
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked;
But he that trusteth in Jehovah, lovingkindness shall compass him about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:15 -
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:
The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not;
They did tear me, and ceased not:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:17 -
For I am ready to fall,
And my sorrow is continually before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:10 -
Remove thy stroke away from me:
I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:4 -
For there are no pangs in their death;
But their strength is firm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:32 -
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:10 -
There shall no evil befall thee,
Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:29 -
Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
And stripes for the back of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:3 -
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass,
And a rod for the back of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 - I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7 - As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2 - The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
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