κολάζωkolázō
properly, to curtail, i.e. (figuratively) to chastise (or reserve for infliction)
Greek (New Testament) · G2849
Meanings
1. to curtail, dock, prune.
2. to check, restrain.
3. to chastise, correct, punish: passive, 2 Peter 2:9; middle, cause to be punished (3 Maccabees 7:3): Acts 4:21.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Acts 4:21 The council then threatened them further, but they finally let them go because they didn’t know how to punish them without starting a riot. For everyone was praising God
- 2 Peter 2:9 So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.