Strong's G3148

μάστιξ(mástix)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

Definition

a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease)

Derivation

probably from the base of G3145 (μασσάομαι) (through the idea of contact);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, μάστιξ is translated as: plague, scourging.

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.